{"product_id":"how-chiefs-became-kings-9780520303393","title":"How Chiefs Became Kings","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn How Chiefs Became Kings, Patrick Vinton Kirch addresses a central problem in anthropological archaeology: the emergence of archaic states whose distinctive feature was divine kingship. Kirch takes as his focus the Hawaiian archipelago, commonly regarded as the archetype of a complex chiefdom. Integrating anthropology, linguistics, archaeology, traditional history, and theory, and drawing on significant contributions from his own four decades of research, Kirch argues that Hawaiian polities had become states before the time of Captain Cook's voyage (1778-1779). The status of most archaic states is inferred from the archaeological record. But Kirch shows that because Hawai`i's kingdoms were established relatively recently, they could be observed and recorded by Cook and other European voyagers. Substantive and provocative, this book makes a major contribution to the literature of precontact Hawai`i and illuminates Hawai`i's importance in the global theory and literature about divine kingship, archaic states, and sociopolitical evolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Concise, but data-rich and sophisticated in its dissection of social theory.” -- Norman Yoffee * Times Literary Supplement (TLS) *\u003cbr\u003e“Rich and wide­ranging. . . . Kirch cements his reputation in this book. . . . Here we see the master at the top of his game.” -- Paul D’Arcy * Anthropos *\u003cbr\u003e“Complete and compelling. . . . This is an important book, and everyone with a serious interest in Hawaiian history should read it.” -- Thomas A. Woods, Executive Director, Mission Houses Museum * Hawaiian Jrnl Of History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. From Chiefdom to Archaic State: Hawai‘i in Comparative and Historical Context\u003cbr\u003e What Are Archaic States?\u003cbr\u003e Theories of Primary State Formation\u003cbr\u003e Hawai‘i as a Model System for State Emergence\u003cbr\u003e Marshall Sahlins’s Challenge\u003cbr\u003e A Phylogenetic Model for Polynesian\u003cbr\u003e Cultural Evolution\u003cbr\u003e The Nature of Ancestral Polynesian Society\u003cbr\u003e How Did Contact-Era Hawai‘i Differ from\u003cbr\u003e Ancestral Polynesia?\u003cbr\u003e Was Hawai‘i Unique in Polynesia?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Hawaiian Archaic States on the Eve of European Contact\u003cbr\u003e Sources for Reconstructing Contact-Era Hawai‘i\u003cbr\u003e Hawaiian Polities: Size and Scale\u003cbr\u003e Class Stratifi cation and Divine Kingship\u003cbr\u003e Elite Art, Craft Specialization, and Wealth Finance\u003cbr\u003e Political, Administrative, and Settlement Hierarchies\u003cbr\u003e Systems of Production\u003cbr\u003e The Hierarchy of Priests and Temples\u003cbr\u003e The State Cults and the Ritual Cycle\u003cbr\u003e Land and Labor\u003cbr\u003e War\u003cbr\u003e Summary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Native Hawaiian Political History\u003cbr\u003e Genealogies of Renown, Traditions of Power\u003cbr\u003e Founding Traditions of Settlement and Voyaging\u003cbr\u003e Political Developments of the Fifteenth to\u003cbr\u003e Mid-sixteenth Centuries\u003cbr\u003e Usurpation and Political Consolidation in the Hawai‘i\u003cbr\u003e and Maui Kingdoms\u003cbr\u003e Dynastic Histories of the Seventeenth to\u003cbr\u003e Eighteenth Centuries\u003cbr\u003e Political Developments of the Contact Era\u003cbr\u003e Agency in History: Ali‘i Routes to Power\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Tracking the Transformations: Population, Intensification, and Monumentality\u003cbr\u003e The Hawaiian Cultural Sequence\u003cbr\u003e Population and Demographic Trends\u003cbr\u003e Contrastive Agroecosystems\u003cbr\u003e Temporal Pathways of Intensifi cation\u003cbr\u003e Marine Resources and Aquaculture\u003cbr\u003e Monumentality and the Temple System\u003cbr\u003e Royal Centers and Elite Residence Patterns\u003cbr\u003e When Did the Hawaiian Archaic States Emerge?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Challenge of Explanation\u003cbr\u003e Previous Explanations for Hawaiian Cultural Change\u003cbr\u003e Ultimate Causation: Population, Intensifi cation, and Surplus\u003cbr\u003e Proximate Causation: Status Rivalry, Alliance, and Conquest\u003cbr\u003e Why Did Archaic States Emerge First on Hawai‘i and Maui?\u003cbr\u003e Hawai‘i and Archaic State Emergence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of Hawaiian Terms\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864912376151,"sku":"9780520303393","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520303393.jpg?v=1722273285","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-chiefs-became-kings-9780520303393","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}