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Surveying the Mahele Palapala'aina Volume II |
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by Gary L. Fitzpatrick and Riley M. Moffat $49.95
SKU: 018C ISBN 978-0-915013-17-3
Hardcover |
In the 1840s, Kauikeaouli (Kamehameha III) abandoned traditional Hawaiian land tenure and adopted the Western concept of private ownership of property. Surveying the Mahele reveals how mapping and surveying, which descends from feudal European values changed Hawaii forever. Hawaii went from a society where the ali'i ai'moku served as steward of the land that belonged to the gods, to one in which people acquired outright ownership of land.
Surveying the Mahele examines the work of surveyors, such as William Webster, missionaries John Emerson and William P. Alexander, who used their surveying skills to help their parishioners acquire land under the new laws passed as part of the mahele, and notable Hawaiians, such as Samuel P. Kalama and John W. Makalena.
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