Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities: Structure in the Early History of the Sandwich Islands Kingdom

By (author): "Marshall Sahlins"

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Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities: Structure in the Early History of the Sandwich Islands Kingdom

ISBN0472027212

ISBN139780472027217

AsinHistorical Metaphors and Mythical Realities: Structure in the Early History of the Sandwich Islands Kingdom

Original titleHistorical Metaphors and Mythical Realities: Structure in the Early History of the Sandwich Islands Kingdom (Asao Special Publications ; No. 1)

Assoc. for Social Anthropology in Oceania, Special Pubs. No. 1Hawaiian culture as it met foreign traders and settlers is the context for Sahlins's structuralist methodology of historical interpretation.