The Ancient Hawaiian State: Origins of a Political Society

Drawing on archaeological and ethnohistorical sources, this book redefines the study of primary states -“cradles of civilization”� from which all modern nation states ultimately derive – by arguing for the inclusion of Polynesia, which witnessed the development of primary states in both Hawai’i and Tonga.The Ancient Hawaiian State Origins of a Political Society by Robert J. Hommon and Publisher Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780199916139, 0199916136. The print version of this textbook is ISBN: 9780199916122, 0199916128.