Death rites and Hawaiian royalty : funerary practices in the Kamehameha and Kalākaua dynasties, 1819/1953 /
Kam, Ralph Thomas,
Death rites and Hawaiian royalty : funerary practices in the Kamehameha and Kalākaua dynasties, 1819/1953 / Funerary practices in the Kamehameha and Kalākaua dynasties, 1819/1953 Ralph Thomas Kam. - Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2017. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
"The bones of Hawaii's King Kamehameha the Great were buried in a secret location. His successor Kamehameha III had a half-mile funeral procession. Drawing on missionary journals, government publications and Hawaiian and English language newspapers, this book describes changes in funerary practices for Hawaiian royalty following continuous contact with the West beginning in the 19th century"--
9781476628615
Hawaiians--Funeral customs and rites.
Hawaiians--Kings and rulers--Biography.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--History.--Hawaii
Hawaiians--Social life and customs--History.
Electronic Books.
DU624 / .D438 2017
Death rites and Hawaiian royalty : funerary practices in the Kamehameha and Kalākaua dynasties, 1819/1953 / Funerary practices in the Kamehameha and Kalākaua dynasties, 1819/1953 Ralph Thomas Kam. - Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2017. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
"The bones of Hawaii's King Kamehameha the Great were buried in a secret location. His successor Kamehameha III had a half-mile funeral procession. Drawing on missionary journals, government publications and Hawaiian and English language newspapers, this book describes changes in funerary practices for Hawaiian royalty following continuous contact with the West beginning in the 19th century"--
9781476628615
Hawaiians--Funeral customs and rites.
Hawaiians--Kings and rulers--Biography.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--History.--Hawaii
Hawaiians--Social life and customs--History.
Electronic Books.
DU624 / .D438 2017