[BOOK][B] Native land and foreign desires: pejea la e pono ai?
L Kame'eleihiwa - 1992 - ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu
The 1848 privatization of land known as the MAHELE was the deathblow to traditional
Hawaiian society, according to the author, Kame'eleihiwa. Once in the private hands of
capital-poor or indebted families the land was easily bought by wealthier foreigners, who
had imposed on the government the rights of noncitizens to own land. Kame'eleihiwa
discusses the gradual process in which foreign missionaries gained the confidence of the
king, control of the government, and ownership of land; writing the new constitution and …
Hawaiian society, according to the author, Kame'eleihiwa. Once in the private hands of
capital-poor or indebted families the land was easily bought by wealthier foreigners, who
had imposed on the government the rights of noncitizens to own land. Kame'eleihiwa
discusses the gradual process in which foreign missionaries gained the confidence of the
king, control of the government, and ownership of land; writing the new constitution and …