Kamehameha III: He Mo'olelo no ka Mo'i Lokomaika'i

By P Christiaan Klieger and P. Christiaan Klieger

Book Overview

Kamehameha III was the Hawaiian kingdom's longest ruling king. Born in 1814, he transformed a feudal kingdom into a constitutional state and steered it into official recognition by the Great Powers of the time. The institutions he established kept his kingdom independent until eventual annexation by the United States in 1898, long after his death in 1854. What is most remarkable is that the king accomplished these reforms despite constant scorn from the Puritan missionaries who did not approve of the king's traditional Hawaiian lifestyle. Kamehameha III, for all his modernism, was a traditional Polynesian monarch who enjoyed strong drink, variegated sexual pursuits, hula, and games, all banned by the strict Calvinists who had gained a foothold in his kingdom.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971181616
• ISBN13: 9780971181618
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Green Arrow Press
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 2.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.9" x 6.0"