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Before the Horror: The Population of Hawai'i on the Eve of Western Contact

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Book News Annotation:

Stannard (American studies, U. of Hawaii) argues convincingly for a pre-contact population of the Islands of some 800,000, three to four times the accepted figure. This is a part of a larger study due to be published by Oxford UP. A prefatory note refers to this work being the Social Science Research Institute's SSRI monograph series, though this membership is not mentioned elsewhere.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Product Details

ISBN:
9780824812324
Subtitle:
(the population of Hawai'i on the eve of Western contact )
Publisher:
Social Science Research Institute, University of Hawaii
Location:
Honolulu, Hawaii :
Subject:
Hawaii
Subject:
Hawaiians
Subject:
Hawaii Population History.
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Volume:
no. 29
Publication Date:
c1989
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
xvii, 149 p.
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