The Hawaiian Kingdom—Volume 3 : : The Kalakaua Dynasty, 1874–1893 / / Ralph S. Kuykendall.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Kuykendall, Ralph S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021]; ©1967
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (772 p.)

The colorful history of the Hawaiian Islands, since their discovery in 1778 by the great British navigator Captain James Cook, falls naturally into three periods. During the first, Hawaii was a monarchy ruled by native kings and queens. Then came the perilous transition period when new leaders, after failing to secure annexation to the United States, set up a miniature republic. The third period began in 1898 when Hawaii by annexation became American territory.The Hawaiian Kingdom, by Ralph S. Kuykendall, is the detailed story of the island monarchy. In the first volume, "Foundation and Transformation," the author gives a brief sketch of old Hawaii before the coming of the Europeans, based on the known and accepted accounts of this early period. He then shows how the arrival of sea rovers, traders, soldiers of forture, whalers, scoundrels, missionaries, and statesmen transformed the native kingdom, and how the foundations of modern Hawaii were laid.In the second volume, "Twenty Critical Years," the author deals with the middle period of the kingdom's history, when Hawaii was trying to insure her independence while world powers maneuvered for dominance in the Pacific. It was an important period with distinct and well-marked characteristics, but the noteworthy changes and advances which occurred have received less attention from students of history than they deserve. Much of the material is taken from manuscript sources and appears in print for the first time in the second volume.The third and final volume of this distinguished trilogy, "The Kalakaua Dynasty," covers the colorful reign of King Kalakaua, the Merry Monarch, and the brief and tragic rule of his successor, Queen Liliuokalani. This volume is enlivened by such controversial personages as Claus Spreckels, Walter Murray Gibson, and Celso Caesar Moreno. Through it runs the thread of the reciprocity treaty with the United States, its stimulating effect upon the island economy, and the far-reaching consequences of immigration from the Orient to supply plantation labor. The trilogy closes with the events leading to the downfall of the Hawaiian monarchy and the establishment of the Provisional Government in 1893.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- PUBLISHER'S NOTE -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- THE KALAKAUA DYNASTY -- CHAPTER 1. Kalakaua Becomes King -- CHAPTER 2. Reciprocity: The Dream Comes True -- CHAPTER 3. Reciprocity and the Hawaiian Economy: The Sugar Industry -- CHAPTER 4. Reciprocity and the Hawaiian Economy: The Business Community -- CHAPTER 5. Reciprocity and Hawaii's Population: Immigration from China, Europe, the Pacific Islands -- CHAPTER 6. Reciprocity and Hawaii's Population: Immigration: Japanese vs. Chinese -- CHAPTER 7. Politics and Legislation: 1874-1879 -- CHAPTER 8. The Moreno Episode -- CHAPTER 9. King Around the World -- CHAPTER 10. New Departures in Hawaiian Politics -- CHAPTER 11. Election and Legislature of 1886 -- CHAPTER 12. Hawaii Seeks Leadership of Pacific Islands -- CHAPTER 13. Two Jubilees -- CHAPTER 14. End of the Gibson Regime -- CHAPTER 15. The Reciprocity Treaty Attacked, Defended, Renewed -- CHAPTER 16. Reform Cabinet Versus the King -- CHAPTER 17. Division and Downfall of the Reform Cabinet -- CHAPTER 18. "The King is Dead: Long Live the Queen!" -- CHAPTER 19. A New Sovereign with Problems Old and New -- CHAPTER 20. Last Year of the Kingdom -- CHAPTER 21. Revolution -- References -- Index