The Kingdom and the Republic
Автор: Noelani Arista
Год издания: 0000
In 1823, as the first American missionaries arrived in Hawai'i, the archipelago was experiencing a profound transformation in its rule, as oral law that had been maintained for hundreds of years was in the process of becoming codified anew through the medium of writing. The arrival of sailors in pursuit of the lucrative sandalwood trade obliged the ali'i (chiefs) of the islands to pronounce legal restrictions on foreigners' access to Hawaiian women. Assuming the new missionaries were the source of these rules, sailors attacked two mission stations, fracturing relations between merchants, missionaries, and sailors, while native rulers remained firmly in charge. In The Kingdom and the Republic , Noelani Arista (Kanaka Maoli) uncovers a trove of previously unused Hawaiian language documents to chronicle the story of Hawaiians' experience of encounter and colonialism in the nineteenth century. Through this research, she explores the political deliberations between ali'i over the sale of a Hawaiian woman to a British ship captain in 1825 and the consequences of the attacks on the mission stations. The result is a heretofore untold story of native political formation, the creation of indigenous law, and the extension of chiefly rule over natives and foreigners alike. Relying on what is perhaps the largest archive of written indigenous language materials in North America, Arista argues that Hawaiian deliberations and actions in this period cannot be understood unless one takes into account Hawaiian understandings of the past—and the ways this knowledge of history was mobilized as a means to influence the present and secure a better future. In pursuing this history, The Kingdom and the Republic reconfigures familiar colonial histories of trade, proselytization, and negotiations over law and governance in Hawai'i.
The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches
Автор: Марк Твен
Год издания:
As the title reveals, these stories are a collection of some of Mark Twain's more fanciful and eccentric works. They run the gamut from political commentary to our species' need to "be remembered" somehow. Taken as a whole the stories are "whimsical". Taken individually, they speak the truth in different ways.
La monarchie vengee des attentats des republicains modernes
Автор: Группа авторов
Год издания:
Полный вариант заголовка: «La monarchie vengee des attentats des republicains modernes : ou Refutation de l'ouvrage de M. de la Vicomterie, intitule les сrimes des Rois de France / par M. C***».
The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. 1. England
Автор: John Debrett
Год издания:
Полный вариант заголовка: «The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland : Vol. 1. England : in 2 volumes / by John Debrett».
The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. 2. Scotland and Ireland
Автор: John Debrett
Год издания:
Примечание: Нумерация стр. 600-1215. Полный вариант заголовка: «The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland : Vol. 2. Scotland and Ireland : in 2 volumes / by John Debrett».
An account of the Kingdom of Caubul and its dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India. Vol. 1
Автор: Mountstuart Elphinstone
Год издания:
Полный вариант заголовка: «An account of the Kingdom of Caubul and its dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India : Vol. 1 : comprising a view of the Afghaun nation, and a history of the Dooraunee Monarchy : with an entirely new map : in 2 volumes / by the Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone».