Beyond Hawai'i : native labor in the Pacific world / Gregory Rosenthal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenthal, Gregory Samantha, 1983- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous labor--History.

Indigenous labor.

Hawaiians--Pacific Area--History.

Hawaiians.

Emigration and immigration.

History.

Hawaii--Emigration and immigration--History--18th century.

Hawaii.

Hawaii--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.

Pacific Area.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 305 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

Summary:

"In the century from the death of Captain James Cook in 1779 to the rise of the sugar plantations in the 1870s, thousands of Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) men left Hawai'i to work on ships at sea and in na 'aina 'e (foreign lands)--in California, the Arctic Ocean, the equatorial islands, and throughout the Pacific Ocean. Beyond Hawai'i tells the stories of these forgotten indigenous workers and how their labor shaped the Pacific World, the global economy, and the environment. From sandalwood harvesting to whaling, guano harvesting, and gold mining, these migrant workers were essential to the expansion of transnational capitalism and global ecological change. Bridging American, Chinese, and Pacific historiographies, Beyond Hawai'i is the first book to argue that indigenous labor--rather than ships, goods, and diseases--was the glue that held the Pacific World together"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Boki's predicament : Sandalwood and the China trade

Make's dance : Migrant workers and migratory animals

Kealoha in the Arctic : Whale blubber and human bodies

Kailiopio and the tropicbird : Life and labor on a Guano Island

Nahoa's tears : Gold, dreams, and diaspora in California

Beckwith's Pilikia : "Kanakas" and "Coolies" on Haiku plantation

Epilogue : Legacies of capitalism and colonialism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Rosenthal, Gregory, 1983- Beyond Hawai'i.

ISBN:

9780520295070

0520295072

9780520295063

0520295064

OCLC:

1005683025