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Kahana - How the Land Was Lost (Hardcover, New)
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Kahana - How the Land Was Lost (Hardcover, New)
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This volume is the most detailed case study of land tenure in
Hawai'i. Focusing on kuleana (homestead land) in Kahana, O'ahu,
from 1846 to 1920, the author challenges commonly held views
concerning the Great Mahele (Division) of 1846-1855 and its
aftermath. There can be no argument that in the fifty years prior
to the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, ninety percent of
all land in the Islands passed into the control or ownership of
non-Hawaiians. This land grab is often thought to have begun with
the Great Mahele and to have been quicky accomplished because of
Hawaiians' ignorance of Western law and the sharp practices of
Haole (White) capitalists. What the Great Mahele did create were
separate land titles for two types of land (kuleana and ahupua'a)
that were traditionally thought of as indivisible and
interconnected, thus undermining an entire social system. With the
introduction of land titles and ownership, Hawaiian land could now
be bought, sold, mortgaged, and foreclosed. Using land-tenure
documents recently made available in the Hawai'i State Archives'
Foster Collection, the author presents the most complete picture of
land transfer to date. The Kahana database reveals that after the
1846 division, large-scale losses did not occur until a hitherto
forgotten mortgage and foreclosure law was passed in 1874.
Hawaiians fought to keep their land and livelihoods, using legal
and other, more innovative, means, including the creation of hui
shares. Contrary to popular belief, many of the investors and
speculators who benefitted from the sale of absenteeowned lands
awarded to ali'i (rulers) were not Haole but Pake (Chinese).
Kahana: How the Land Was Lost explains how Hawaiians of a century
ago were divested of their land - and how the past continues to
shape the Island's present as Hawaiians today debate the structure
of land-claim settlements.
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