Description
Book SynopsisIn the century from the death of Captain James Cook in 1779 to the rise of the sugar plantations in the 1870s, thousands ofKanaka Maoli(Native Hawaiian) men left Hawaii to work on ships at sea and innaaina e(foreign lands)on the Arctic Oceanand throughout the Pacific Ocean, and in the equatorial islands and California.Beyond Hawaiitells the stories of these forgotten indigenous workers and how their labor shaped the Pacific World, the global economy, and the environment. Whether harvesting sandalwood or bird guano, hunting whales, or mining gold, these migrant workers were essential to the expansion of transnational capitalism and global ecological change. Bridging American, Chinese, and Pacific historiographies,Beyond Hawaiiis the first book to argue that indigenous labormore than the movement of ships and spread of diseasesunified the Pacific World.
Trade Review"Rosenthal’s excellent study of the Hawaiian nineteenth-century working class from its inception to its dissolution is particularly relevant for under-standing the undercurrents of past imperialistic capitalist oppression. The ‘re-membering’ of this community is a significant step in the development of this neglected area within postcolonial studies, one which will hopefully inspire future researchers to engage in Rosenthal’s pursuit of epistemological justice."
* Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies *
Table of ContentsMaps vi
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1 • Boki’s Predicament 16
Sandalwood and the China Trade 2 • Make’s Dance 48
Migrant Workers and Migratory Animals 3 • Kealoha in the Arctic 82
Whale Blubber and Human Bodies 4 • Kailiopio and the Tropicbird 105
Life and Labor on a Guano Island 5 • Nahoa’s Tears 132
Gold, Dreams, and Diaspora in California 6 • Beckwith’s Pilikia 166
“Kanakas” and “Coolies” on Haiku Plantation Epilogue 203
Legacies of Capitalism and Colonialism Appendix 209
Notes 211
Glossary 267
Bibliography 271
