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Paperback / softback. New. Tracing the origins of the Hawaiians and other Polynesians back to the shores of the South China Sea, archaeologist Patrick Vinton Kirch follows their voyages of discovery across the Pacific in this fascinating history of Hawaiian culture from about one thousand years ago. Combining more than four decades of his own research with Native Hawaiian oral traditions and the evidence of archaeology, Kirch puts a human face on the gradual rise to power of the Hawaiian god-kings, who by the late eighteenth century were locked in a series of wars for ultimate control of the entire archipelago. This lively, accessible chronicle works back from Captain James Cook's encounter with the pristine kingdom in 1778, when the British explorers encountered an island civilization governed by rulers who could not be gazed upon by common people. Interweaving anecdotes from his own widespread travel and extensive archaeological investigations into the broader historical narrative, Kirch shows…
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A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief: The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i Paperback - 2019
by Patrick Vinton Kirch
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"Patrick Kirch's new book takes the reader to many distant islands and pivotal moments of discovery that have helped shape our understanding of the human past. He recognizes the important social experiments that Oceanic societies created through their epic voyages to explore and settle the most distant portions of the planet." -Peter R. Mills, Professor of Anthropology, University of Hawai'i at Hilo "A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief combines captivating history with Kirch's own personal story. The result is an extremely powerful piece of scholarship and a tremendous read." -David Igler, Associate Professor of History, University of California, Irvine
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- Title A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief: The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i
- Author Patrick Vinton Kirch
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press
- Date 2019-03-05
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Glossary, Illustrated
- ISBN 9780520303416 / 0520303415
- Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.1 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 2.79 cm)
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- Aspects (Academic): Historical
- Cultural Region: Oceania
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: Hawaii
- Dewey Decimal Code 996.902
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