book chapter
Historical ethnography: [volume 1]
Anahulu : the anthropology of history in the Kingdom of Hawaii, by Patrick V. Kirch and Marshall Sahlins • Chicago • Published In 1992 • Pages: xi, 243
By: Sahlins, Marshall David, Barrère, Dorothy B..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study of land records, archeology, government and missionary archival material, and oral histories, Sahlins examines the changing social relations in Hawaiian society as it became incorporated into the capitalist world system. In the period between 1778 and 1855 Hawaiian political landscape changed from a centralized native kinship to an oligarchy of chiefs and then to a constitutional monarchy dominated by Whites. Sahlins argues that these political changes coincided with changes in Hawaii's articulation with the world economy, first as provisioners to ships engaged in the Northwest Coast to China fur trade (1778-1812), then suppliers of sandalwood to the China trade (1812-1830), and finally as provisioners to whaling ships (after 1830). The trade spurred status rivalry among the chiefs who overworked and eventually alienated their people, leaving the chiefs powerless to oppose the in-coming Whites. Sahlins describes in detail the political economy, including land tenure and land use of each period, focusing on the Anahulu valley of O'ahu, where there is an extensive archeological record. For an indigenous perspective on this time period, see Kame'eleihiwa (1992, document no. 16).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Real property
- External trade
- Districts
- Chief executive
- Taxation and public income
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hawaiians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970-1981
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1778- 1860
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Waialua, O'ahu, Hawai'i, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Marshall Sahlins with the assistance of Dorothy B. Barrère
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-235) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91033830
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hawaiians