Historical Analysis of Hawaiian Nationhood from 1840 to 1887

Jonathan Osorio's political history examines the transformation of the Kingdom of Hawai'i from a traditional subsistence economy to a modern nation. The work uses legislative texts, contemporary newspapers, and Hawaiian historians' works to investigate the effects of Western law on national identity. A final chapter links these historical events to the contemporary struggle for Hawaiian sovereignty.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the impact of constitutional changes on national identity based on legislative texts.
• Studying historical political and social transformation through contemporary newspaper accounts.
• Linking past legal and political events to modern sovereignty movements based on the historical narrative.

Strengths

• Analysis is based on primary sources including legislative texts and contemporary newspapers.
• Work incorporates perspectives from Hawaiian historians, providing an indigenous viewpoint.
• Covers a defined and significant historical period from 1840 to 1887.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal and source bias inherent to the historical texts used.

Provenance

Source

Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwo‘ole Osorio

Collection Method

Historical research and analysis of primary source documents.

Time Range

1840 to 1887

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Kingdom of Hawai'i