Inventing Politics: A New Political Anthropology of the Hawaiian Kingdom 9780824846572

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Table of contents :
Contents
A Note on Conventions
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Natives and Foreigners: The Cultural Order of Hawaii’s Early Missionization
2. The Politics of Virtue
3. Culture in the Making: The Rise of Political Discourse
4. Political Economy
5. Natural Rights, Virtuous Wealth
6. The Denouement: Untranslated Experiences
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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