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eKibo - The internet basecamp for Adventure TraveleKibo is the internet base camp for adventure travelers. Before going on your adventure check in here to find out where to go, what equipment you need, and what to expect. We review hot spots, books, and gear. We can help you find the best ticket prices to get you there. Hawaii's Russian Adventure: A New Look at Old Historyby: Peter R. Mills List Price: $39.00 Amazon.com's Price: $26.91 You Save: $12.09 (31%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Dewey Decimal Number: 996.90049171 EAN: 9780824824044 ISBN: 0824824040 Label: University of Hawaii Press Manufacturer: University of Hawaii Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 295 Publication Date: 2002-04 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press Sales Rank: 2107511 Studio: University of Hawaii Press Editorial Review: Product Description: In the early 1800s thousands of American and European traders arrived in Hawai'i to lay in supplies for the long trip east or to take on Hawaiian sandalwood, which commanded a high price in China. In response to this developing global economy in the Pacific, Russia expanded its trading outposts as far as western Kaua'i and together with Kaua'i chiefs began planning the construction of Fort Elisabeth in Waimea in 1816. Three years later, the structure was abandoned by the Russians, but, as Peter Mills argues convincingly, a long and significant history of the fort remains to be told, even after its Russian one had ended. Seeking to redress the imbalance that exists between the colonized and the colonizers in Pacific historiography, Mills examines the fort and its place in the history of Kaua'i under paramount chief Kaumuali'i and in relation to the expanding kingdom of Kamehameha and his successors. His work exposes how Hawaiians have been ignored in their own history and challenges commonly held assumptions such as Kamehameha's unification of the Islands in 1810 and the victimization of Kaumuali'i by representatives of the Russian-American Company. |
