Kinship Terminology

Mortality

External Migration

Historical Reconstruction

History

Real Property

External Trade

Territorial Hierarchy

Form and Rules of Government

External Relations

Disabilities

Poverty

Missions

Bibliographies in Sources

Organization and Analysis of Results

Eating

Household

Extended Families

Avoidance and Taboo

Material Not Relevant

Status, Role, and Prestige

Spirits and Gods

Religious Denominations

Theory of Disease

Medical Therapy

Medical Personnel

Organized Ceremonial

Ordering of Time

Internal Trade

Glossary

Classes

Identification

Age Stratification

Adoption

Grandparents and Grandchildren

Child Care

Sorcery

Priesthood

Social Control

Location

Climate

Topography and Geology

Soil

Population

Ethnic Stratification

Regulation of Marriage

Disasters

Rules of Descent

Bilineal Kin Groups

Inheritance

Prayers and Sacrifices

Districts

Taxation and Public Income

Revolution

Speech

Linguistic Identification

Education System

Fishing

Domesticated Animals

Poultry Raising

Vegetable Production

Food Preparation

Diet

Production and Supply

Division of Labor by Gender

Animal by-Products

Mats and Basketry

Felted and Other Non-Interworked Fabrics

Woodworking

Provinces

Body Alterations

Musical Instruments

Dance

Conception

Acculturation and Culture Contact

Labor Supply and Employment

Informal in-Group Justice

Warfare

Arranging a Marriage

Nuptials

Residence

Childbirth

Dwellings

Outbuildings

Settlement Patterns

Streets and Traffic

Property System

Burial Practices and Funerals

CULTURE SUMMARY: HAWAIIANS

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

SYNOPSIS

INDEXING NOTES

BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS

KIN TERMS

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

CONFLICT

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Hawaiians are the indigenous people of the Hawaiian Islands. Now a disadvantaged minority in their own homeland, they are the descendants of Eastern Polynesians who originated in the Marquesas Islands. The early Hawaiians lived on marine resources. They later developed a large and productive agricultural economy based on the cultivation of taro. In the 1840s the Hawaiian king was persuaded by resident foreigners to create private property; within a few decades most Hawaiians were without land. Foreigners bought huge tracts for plantations and ranches and the laborers they imported soon outnumbered the Hawaiians. The shift to wage labor began during the 19th century as Hawaiians increasingly worked on foreign-owned sugar cane plantations. About one-quarter of Hawaiians are engaged in agriculture with most working in service industries.

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