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Author Kam, Ralph Thomas, author.

Title Death rites and Hawaiian royalty : funerary practices in the Kamehameha and Kalākaua dynasties, 1819/1953 / Ralph Thomas Kam.

Publication Info. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Contents Cover -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Royal Deaths -- 2. Burial Places -- 3. Undertakers -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Chapter Notes -- Bibliography
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Hawaiians -- Funeral customs and rites.
Hawaiians -- Funeral customs and rites.
Hawaiians -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Hawaiians -- Kings and rulers.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Hawaii -- History.
Hawaiians.
Hawaii.
History.
Hawaiians -- Social life and customs -- History.
Hawaiians -- Social life and customs.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Death & Dying.
Genre/Form History.
Biographies.
Added Title Funerary practices in the Kamehameha and Kalākaua dynasties, 1819/1953
Other Form: Print version: Kam, Ralph Thomas. Death rites and Hawaiian royalty. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017] 9781476668468 (DLC) 2017036997 (OCoLC)999673819
ISBN 9781476628615 (electronic book)
1476628610 (electronic book)
9781476668468
1476668469

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