"[Relates the history] of late-eighteenth-century Hawaii--its kings and queens, gods and goddesses, missionaries, migrants, and explorers--a not-so-distant time of abrupt transition, in which an isolated pagan world of human sacrifice and strict taboo, without a currency or a written language, was confronted with the equally ritualized world of capitalism, Western education, and Christian values"--Provided by publisher.
year: 2015
call number/section: 996.9
subjects: social change, hawaii, history, 18th century, culture conflict, acculturation, legends, history / united states / state & local / west (ak, ca, co, hi, id, mt, nv, ut, wy), history / oceania, hawaii, history, 18th century, social conditions, social life and customs