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Native land and foreign desiresBook 1992 • Kame'eleihiwa, Lilikalā
Hawaiians • Oceania > Polynesia
The 1848 privatization of land known as the MAHELE was the deathblow to traditional Hawaiian society, according to the author, Kame'eleihiwa. Once in the private hands of capital-poor or indebted families the land was easily bought by wealthier forei...