Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. List of Maps and Tables xi
5. Foreword xiii
6. Introduction: Outer Island, In Between 1
7. 1. Wet and Dry: The Polynesian Period, 1000–1778 12
8. 2. Traffick and Taboo: Trade, Biological Exchange, and Law in the Making of a New Pacific World, 1778–1848 44
9. 3. A Good Land: Molokai aft er the Mahele, 1845–1869 69
10. 4. The Bonanza Horizon: Molokai in the Sugar Era, 1870–1893 99
11. 5. A Bigger, Better Hawai‘i: Making an American Molokai, 1893–1957 126
12. 6. From Lonely Isle to Friendly Isle: Economic Struggles in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries and the Future of “the Most Hawaiian Island” 155
13. Conclusion: Two Experiences of Settlement 194
14. Appendix 199
15. Notes 205
16. Bibliography 235
17. Index 253