Molokai: a Site Survey

Molokai: a Site Survey
Author: Catherine C. Summers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 274
Release: 1971
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

The majority of the archaeological information is based on the work of M.D. Monsarrat, John N. Cobb, George P. Cooke, John F. G. Stokes, Kenneth P. Emory, Bruce Cartwright, and James M. Dunn.

Braided Waters

Braided Waters
Author: Wade Graham
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2018-12-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520970659

Braided Waters sheds new light on the relationship between environment and society by charting the history of Hawaii’s Molokai island over a thousand-year period of repeated settlement. From the arrival of the first Polynesians to contact with eighteenth-century European explorers and traders to our present era, this study shows how the control of resources—especially water—in a fragile, highly variable environment has had profound effects on the history of Hawaii. Wade Graham examines the ways environmental variation repeatedly shapes human social and economic structures and how, in turn, man-made environmental degradation influences and reshapes societies. A key finding of this study is how deep structures of place interact with distinct cultural patterns across different societies to produce similar social and environmental outcomes, in both the Polynesian and modern eras—a case of historical isomorphism with profound implications for global environmental history.

Kalaupapa Place Names

Kalaupapa Place Names
Author: John R. K. Clark
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2018-04-30
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0824873300

In Kalaupapa Place Names, John Clark presents a unique history of the leprosy settlement on Moloka‘i, based on his meticulous research of more than three hundred Hawaiian-language newspaper articles. He first assembled an extensive list of familiar and long-forgotten place names associated with the Kalaupapa peninsula and then searched for them in the online repository of Hawaiian-language newspapers. With translation assistance by Iāsona Ellinwood and Keao NeSmith, he discovered articles that show a community of Hawaiians from every island except uninhabited Kaho‘olawe. Their stories reveal an active community with its members trying to live their lives as normally as possible in the face of a debilitating disease. The first section of the book contains newspaper articles arranged under an alphabetical listing of place names. The second section organizes the material into chronological segments, from before the establishment of the Kalaupapa Settlement to the death of Mother Marianne Cope in 1918. These two sections are followed by a collection of kanikau or lamentations, interviews with Kalaupapa residents, and a list of Hawaiian language newspapers. Introductory paragraphs for groupings of newspaper articles assist the reader in visualizing the physical landscape and understanding the history and significance of a particular location. The poetry of the Hawaiian language is evident throughout the translations, especially in the kanikau.

The Beaches of Maui County

The Beaches of Maui County
Author: John R. K. Clark
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1989-07-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780824812461

The Beaches series by John R. K. Clark include Beaches of Maui County, Beaches of the Big Island, Beaches of Kauai and Niihau, and The Beaches of Oahu. The author, an ocean recreation consultant, includes comprehensive site descriptions of hundreds of beaches in the Hawaiian Islands and shares his extensive knowledge of, and deep respect for, Hawaii's shorelines. This revised edition updates the data on access and new facilities resulting from developments on Maui, Lanai, Molokai, and Kahoolawe.

Feathered Gods and Fishhooks

Feathered Gods and Fishhooks
Author: Patrick Vinton Kirch
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 800
Release: 1997-04-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780824819385

This text aims to combine all the evidence for Hawaiian prehistory into a coherent pattern. It presents a balanced cultural history of the Hawaiian group of islands, from the first Polynesian settlement to the time of European contact and is grounded in the archaeological evidence.

Pacific Island Legends

Pacific Island Legends
Author: Bo Flood
Publisher: Bess Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1999
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781573060783

Collects forty-three historical or traditional stories from the Pacific Islands, including creation myths and stories of gods, heroes, and ordinary people. --amazon.com.