Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. Foreword to Fifth Printing VII
4. Preface XI
5. List of Abbreviations XIII
6. I. Introduction: A Glimpse of Ancient Hawaii 1
7. II. Coming of the Foreigners 12
8. III. Kamehameha and the Founding of the Kingdom 29
9. IV. 1819 61
10. V. Kamehameha II 71
11. VI. Early Commercial Development 82
12. VII. New Religion and New Learning 100
13. VIII. The Early Years of the Reign of Kamehameha III: Regency of Kaahumanu 117
14. IX. The Troubled Thirties 133
15. X. The Birth of Constitutional Government 153
16. XI. Industry, Agriculture, Manufactures 170
17. XII. The Recognition of Hawaii's Independence 185
18. XIII. The Paulet Episode 206
19. XIV. Governmental Reorganization in the Midst of Difficulties 227
20. XV. The Land Revolution 269
21. XVI. Commercial and Agricultural Progress, 1830-1854 299
22. XVII. Religious and Educational Development, 1840-1854 335
23. XVIII. The Struggle for Equitable Treaties 368
24. XIX. The Shadow of Destiny 383
25. Appendix A 429
26. Appendix B 430
27. Appendix C 434
28. Appendix D 434
29. Index 437