In The Kingdom and the Republic, Noelani Arista uncovers a trove of previously unused Hawaiian language documents to chronicle Hawaiians' experience of encounter and colonialism in the nineteenth century, reconfiguring familiar histories of trade, proselytization, and negotiations over law and governance in Hawaiʻi.

Introduction. He Ao ¿¿lelo: A World of Words
Chapter 1. The Political Economy of Mana: Obligation, Debt, and Trade
Chapter 2. Creating an Island Imaginary: Hawai¿i's American Origins
Chapter 3. The Isles Shall Wait for His Law: Planting the American Congregational Mission
Chapter 4. Hawaiian Women, Kapu, and the Emergence of K¿n¿wai
Chapter 5. Libel, Law, and Justice Before the ¿Aha ¿¿lelo
Afterword
Appendix. Textual Sources and Research Methods
Glossary
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments

Noelani Arista is Professor of History at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.