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A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief

- The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i
Af: Patrick Vinton Kirch Engelsk Paperback

A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief

- The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i
Af: Patrick Vinton Kirch Engelsk Paperback
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Tracing the origins of the Hawaiians and other Polynesians back to the shores of the South China Sea, archaeologist Patrick Vinton Kirch follows their voyages of discovery across the Pacific in this fascinating history of Hawaiian culture from about one thousand years ago. Combining more than four decades of his own research with Native Hawaiian oral traditions and the evidence of archaeology, Kirch puts a human face on the gradual rise to power of the Hawaiian god-kings, who by the late eighteenth century were locked in a series of wars for ultimate control of the entire archipelago. This lively, accessible chronicle works back from Captain James Cook’s encounter with the pristine kingdom in 1778, when the British explorers encountered an island civilization governed by rulers who could not be gazed upon by common people. Interweaving anecdotes from his own widespread travel and extensive archaeological investigations into the broader historical narrative, Kirch shows how the early Polynesian settlers of Hawai'i adapted to this new island landscape and created highly productive agricultural systems.
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Tracing the origins of the Hawaiians and other Polynesians back to the shores of the South China Sea, archaeologist Patrick Vinton Kirch follows their voyages of discovery across the Pacific in this fascinating history of Hawaiian culture from about one thousand years ago. Combining more than four decades of his own research with Native Hawaiian oral traditions and the evidence of archaeology, Kirch puts a human face on the gradual rise to power of the Hawaiian god-kings, who by the late eighteenth century were locked in a series of wars for ultimate control of the entire archipelago. This lively, accessible chronicle works back from Captain James Cook’s encounter with the pristine kingdom in 1778, when the British explorers encountered an island civilization governed by rulers who could not be gazed upon by common people. Interweaving anecdotes from his own widespread travel and extensive archaeological investigations into the broader historical narrative, Kirch shows how the early Polynesian settlers of Hawai'i adapted to this new island landscape and created highly productive agricultural systems.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 368
ISBN-13: 9780520303416
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0520303415
Kategori: Australasiatisk historie og Stillehavshistorie
Udg. Dato: 5 mar 2019
Længde: 27mm
Bredde: 228mm
Højde: 151mm
Forlag: University of California Press
Oplagsdato: 5 mar 2019
Forfatter(e): Patrick Vinton Kirch
Forfatter(e) Patrick Vinton Kirch

Kategori Australasiatisk historie og Stillehavshistorie

ISBN-13 9780520303416

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 368

Udgave

Længde 27mm

Bredde 228mm

Højde 151mm

Udg. Dato 5 mar 2019

Oplagsdato 5 mar 2019

Forlag University of California Press