The Betrayal of Liliuokalani: Last Queen of Hawaii 1838-1917

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A woman caught in the turbulent malestrom of cultures in conflict. Treating Queen Liliuokalani's life with authority, accuracy and detail, Betrayal is tremendously informative concerning the entire period of missionary activity and foreign encroachment in the Islands.

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A portrayal of the destruction of Hawaiian culture by the modern world.......2007-09-22

This is a rather tragic story of the loss of old Hawaiian culture as Western civilization encroached upon & then dismantled the traditional way -- and the inability of the aristocracy of Hawaii to preserve their ways. The books is somewhat dated in outlook and unashamedly pro-Hawaiian, but falls short of giving a really insightful and penetrating portrayal of Liliuokalani, a great lady.

One of the first black marks on American history. .......2007-06-17

If one were to compare the American overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy with the overthrow of many other governments by the United States throughout the last 120 years one will find that it was relatively benign. There was little bloodshed, and Queen Liliuokalani was not killed, contrary to some erroneous assertions in some historical texts. But her overthrow was an illegal, immoral act, which should never be forgiven, no matter what "justifications" are given for it. It was brought about by a small collection of greedy thugs who, with the backing of an American military contingent, toppled a government that had the support of the people of the Hawaiian Islands. This criminal act was one of many that were to occur over the next one hundred years, with later ones increasing with severity and brutality as the years went past.

This book gives an overview of the demise of the Hawaiian monarchy from the standpoint of the journals and anecdotes of Queen Liliuokalani (at least the ones that survived the destruction of manuscripts and papers by the gang of ruthless haoles in the provisional government). It is a sad and troubling story, but the author of the book is careful to keep the reader's attention throughout the book with emphasis on the historical context in which Liliuokalani lived. It is very important to understand the cultural backdrop in which the immoral overthrow took place. To provide more insight into this culture, or at bare minimum to assist the reader in understanding the words and dialect at the time, the author provides a glossary of words and their approximate meaning in English. For example, a `haole' is a foreigner, whereas a `moi wahine' is a queen, but the author reminds us that a queen to the Hawaiians at the time did not have the same conception as it did to Americans (then and now). A queen for the Hawaiians was more like a matriarch possessing wisdom but not projecting rigid or harsh authority of the type that Americans will not tolerate. In fact the author argues that the translation of moi wahine into "queen" is completely incorrect, and doing so reinforced American prejudices against Liliuokalani.

Those readers, such as this reviewer, who were ignorant of Liliuokalani's life will be surprised to learn that she wrote many songs, including the very popular "Aloha Oe", which ironically has become immortalized in the American consciousness, with the assistance of Hollywood and its exploitation of the Pearl Harbor disaster. She also was a deeply religious person, and even flirted with Mormonism at one time. This is indeed ironic since it was the missionaries who initiated the troubling series of events, taking place over many decades that were to cost the Hawaiians their culture and government. But one must not think that they lost their self-respect or honor by the fact that their government was taken over by a band of thugs. After a formal apology was given to Hawaii by the United States in 1993, a plaque was placed in a public square in Hawaii that gave a list of names of individuals who spoke out or resisted the takeover. The native Hawaiians kept their honor and dignity, and many Hawaiians now living have attempted to revive their ancient practices and dances. If they so desired, it would be morally proper for them to secede from the United States, and remove themselves from the detestable and unjustified mana that was imposed upon them over one hundred and fourteen years ago.

Excellent!.......2007-06-03

Well reasearched--with ample footnotes--this account not only paints a vivid portrait of a loving and sometimes flawed Queen, but also gives an introductory overview of the Hawaiian culture and monarchy from the time of Kamehameha the Great all the way through Queen Lili'uokalani's aborted reign. A vital piece of Hawaiian history that is well crafted and, while not perfect, ventures to paint a truthful portrait of the time and place.

A Hawaiian Tragedy.......2002-07-11

This is an excellent and well documented biography of Hawaii's last queen. Helena Allen tells the story of Liliuokalani and through her eyes we view the waning days of the Hawaiian monarchy and the oligarchy that would manipulate the media and congress to eventually affect the annexation of the kingdom to the US. Much of this story makes your blood boil. Yet beyond the political injustice, this is a story of a woman in conflict with her times, who manages to weather the storm with grace, dignity and aloha. It's a story that needs to be told and is a must-read for anyone interested in Hawaiian history.

Liliuokalani remains a queen.......2000-03-13

This book provides a fascinating insight to the last days of the monarchy of Hawaii as seen through the eyes of its last quuen and her hanai daughter. The book is well-documented and a must-read for anyone interested in Hawaian history.

I came away with a sense of awe that one who had been so mistreated could find forgiveness and practice aloha until her death.

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The Betrayal of Liliuokalani: Last Queen of Hawaii 1838-1917
Helena Allen
Manufacturer: Mutual Publishing
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First of the widely celebrated and sumptuously illustrated series, this book reveals in intimate detail what life was really like in the ancient world. Behind the vast panorama of the pagan Roman empire, the reader discovers the intimate daily lives of citizens and slaves--from concepts of manhood and sexuality to marriage and the family, the roles of women, chastity and contraception, techniques of childbirth, homosexuality, religion, the meaning of virtue, and the separation of private and public spaces. The emergence of Christianity in the West and the triumph of Christian morality with its emphasis on abstinence, celibacy, and austerity is startlingly contrasted with the profane and undisciplined private life of the Byzantine Empire. Using illuminating motifs, the authors weave a rich, colorful fabric ornamented with the results of new research and the broad interpretations that only masters of the subject can provide.

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A disorganized, disjointed, and disappointing read.......2007-06-21

This book is one of those doppelgangers which appear to be something good and excellent on the outside but wind up being something, well, otherwise. The cover art at once draws you in, and just flipping through the pages, the multitude of interior plates, both color and b&w, are completely engrossing.

Sadly, the text of this book is practically worthless from a scholarly perspective. The authors make a variety of highly questionable claims throughout the book, very few of which are backed up with meaningful citations. For such a large book, the reference list at the back is pathetic. Hardly any primary sources are listed at all, even though many are mentioned in the text. Worse, the various authors write in a style which makes it appear that their claims are universally accepted and completely above debate. No serious academic would long tolerate such flaws in a work which pretends to make a contribution to scholarship.

It appears, however, that the book is meant for undergraduate level students and general readers. The publisher has clearly produced it with an eye to a wide audience. But this is precisely the type of book that a student or a reader with scant knowledge of ancient history should avoid. One doesn't have to read very far before it becomes clear that this book is primarily a philosophical/political tract masquerading as history. That's not to say that there is no presentation of valid historical facts here. The trouble is, these facts are often cherry-picked to fit neatly into a certain philosophical point of view that is never explicitly defined, only hinted at. Other extant facts that might harm or invalidate this point of view are routinely de-emphasized or ignored. If you want a clue as to what this over-riding philosophical point of view might be, you need only read the tribute given to Michel Foucault, a destructive critic of western civilization, by Paul Veyne in his introduction to the section on the Roman Empire.

There are simply too many questionable claims made in this book to challenge in a review, so I'll limit my criticisms to a couple big picture issues. The single greatest problem I had with this book is that it is not really a "History of Private Life." Discussions of hygiene, diet, maternity, child growth and development, adolescence, play, religious practices, trades, occupations, domestic architecture (except for one very out-of-place chapter), furnishings, farm life, medical care, personal finance, etc. are scanty when they exist at all. Meanwhile, the subjects of slavery, death, and sexuality (particularly deviant forms of sexuality) are covered in exquisite detail, again and again, chapter after chapter. If nothing else, one is left with a very clear notion of what the authors consider the key elements of "private life."

Another major problem involved the scope of the work. Though claiming to cover all the ground between "Rome and Byzantium," the book is highly idiosyncratic in what it covers and what it leaves out. The authors spill a great deal of ink on classical Roman civilization, but expend comparatively little on Christian Roman life between the 4th and 7th centuries. And aside from a brief foray into Merovingian private life, there is nothing on the other Germanic successor states that conquered the western empire. The chapter on Byzantium is completely cursory and covers only the 9th through 12th centuries, leaving everything from the 6th through 8th centuries, including the well-recorded Justinianic period, completely ignored.

Last but not least, there are also some very basic content and consistency problems with this book. A particularly humorous example is on page 81 where the author parenthetically claims that "cats were not yet domesticated in Rome." Meanwhile, an image directly to the right of this text shows a Roman relief of a young girl holding a cat, very obviously domesticated. There is also at least one example of a photo bearing the wrong caption. But these are certainly minor quibbles compared to the ones above.

Lest I sound completely down on this book, however, I should point out that the chapter on domestic architecture in Roman Africa by Yvon Thébert was as excellent as it was out of place. It deserved a book of its own, rather than to be a single grain of wheat amidst a heap of chaff.

Over all, this is a terrible book dressed up in a nice package. Its ultimate goal is to attract unsuspecting non-specialist readers and to fill their minds with a very scholarly-sounding but poorly-grounded and skewed version of history. As such, it is a subtle piece of propaganda which should not be confused with an actual description of what private life was really like in ancient Rome or Byzantium. Admittedly, though, the pictures are nice. Had the authors left the text in the original French, I would heartily endorse this book for an English speaking audience.

Invaluable resource.......2006-11-17

Fascinating in parts; illustrative of things I had not known or even suspected, things I had read allusions to previously, and things I never would even have thought studied. Of course, you need an interest in Roman and Byzantine life; and even if you have such an interest, not all the details will hold your attention. Some of the cross cultural comparisons were beautifully illustrative (one that sticks was a comparison between the economy of a present day middle eastern country to that of the Empire). I am pretty sure this suffered from some sort of idiological bias, as it was weirdly contradictory in places, though it is an original/odd enough bias that it it probably unique to the authors. One of the authors at least, seemed to be an intimate of Michel Foucault. All were french, and the prose suffers for it to the point of being occasionally downright nonsensical. The book certainly rid me of any "golden age" delusions I might have had, regarding Roman times. I'll stick with my electric can opener, microwave ovens, annoying legal system, and Blue Cross HMO thanks very much.

Classic of the Annales School.......2004-11-03

This book is the product of the methodology created by the annales school of historians in france. Founded in the late 20's, the Annales school pioneered the use of the methods and teachings from other schools of social science in the service of history. This approach spurned a focus on wars and politics in favor of a focus on "everyday life" i.e. the life of non-presidents and generals.

The general editors of this book (Durby and Aries) were pioneers of the approach, along with it's most famous author: Braudel. See his work on the mediteranean, or Aries' classic "In the Hour of Our Death".

These authors are second and third generation. The work is, on the whole, excellent, but it's a distinct style of scholarship, which may account for some of the confusion in the other reviews.

Each chronological segment is written by a different author. The section on Rome is an anchor to the whole five volume series. The secton on late antiquity is a bit brief. I skipped the chapter on roman domestic architecture in africa. The period on the early middle ages is rich and fascinating, but too brief. I could have read a whole book on the Merovinigian empire in northern Gaul! The chapter on the Byzantine empire focuses on the later empeire (900-1200(?) and the source material for the last chapter seems to consist almost of entirely of information on monastery life.

Over all, one is struck by the dramatic, though gradual, shift from pagan rome to early christianity. It is a unique book, and well worth reading.

Motley crew.......2002-08-11

This is the first volume of a multi-author endeavor to trace the changes in private attitudes, beliefs, benaviors, and lifestyles from the early Roman Empire to the late twentieth century. The first volume begins with the early Roman Empire and ends with the apogee of the Byzantine Empire. Containing five lenghty essays by different authors (mainly French -- the whole project is a French one) dealing with the early Roman Empire, the late Roman Empire, housing and architecture in Roman Africa, Merovingian Gaul, and tenth and eleventh-century Byzantium.

The project is a fresh and invigorating look at the ways that societies change. There are several excellent illuminations in this book. We are shown that the notion of Roman "sexual liberation" is not well-founded; that Christianity did not change Western views on sex and the body, but that Christianity adopted the views of the poorer (and more numerous) Roman classes; how architecture can reveal much about a society; and that the major change between the late Empire and the early medieval had to do with notions of "private" and "public."

Although the book is interesting and useful, there are some reasons to criticize it. Most of the attention is given to the early Roman Empire, which consumes almost one third of the book. Entirely too much space is given to the chapter on architecture in Roman Africa -- it is significantly longer than the chapter on the late Empire. The chapter entitled "The Early Middle Ages in the West" is really only about Merovingian Gaul, and does not always have the change between the late Empire and early medieval as a focus. The chapter on Byzantium did not seem to fit with the rest of the book. The reason for including Byzantium in this volume rather than the next volume (Middle Ages) was to show Byzantine culture as a continuation of Roman culture. Unfortunately, the piece was not about the early Byzantine, but rather the middle Byzantine era, thus having no connection with the rest of the book. It is also dubious that the book begins with the Roman Empire, not the Roman Republic or classical Greece. Paul Veyne says that this decision was made because Rome was essentially Greek in character, and that a section on Greece and a section on Rome would be repetitive. This is weak reasoning at best, but, given the lenght of the book as it stands now, it may still have been a good decision. Finally, the book is not footnoted or endnoted. There is a lengthy bibliography and a small notes section in the back, but assertions, ideas, and evidence are not clearly referenced. I do not know if this is how French scholarship is done, or if this major chunk of scholarship was left out in the interest of marketing the book to a lay audience. Either way, it is frustrating, and only hurts the academic value of this major project.

Despite these critical comments, I view the book as an excellent effort and an enlightening read. Too often history is about events, not people, and these historians have made a noble attempt to humanize our past.

good peek into the private of early times.......2002-05-02

This book covers about 1,000 years of private life, from the polytheistic era of classical Rome through the acceptance there and then institutionalization of Christianity in the dark ages. It is a dazzling side glance into the cultural evolution of these tumultuous times with some reference to the larger political context.

The distinctions between these cultures are at once subtle and brutal. First, we view the civitas of Rome, that is, the obligation that Roman citizens felt towards their cities, which involved complex community-oriented mores and expensive public displays that were paid for by private means; aristocratic children, brought up with relatively less sense of their individuality than we enjoy, saw their lives and careers as reflections of the glory of their cities. The reader is also treated to the way that slaves and families were treated in great detail.

Then, in the early Christian era, more privatized cultures arose, first with the increased introspection that the christianization of the empire entailed. Next, the barbarian invasions - in which nomadic tribes smashed the urban cultures in whose wealth they had wanted to partake - merely accelerated this trend; they greatly valued their possessions, often war booty that they had to carry with them, and hence had little regard for fixed property and its supporting laws that enabled cities to flourish. Infrastructure and larger communities and political units in this period deteriorated, which severely impacted trade and hence economic welfare. The standard of measure of a life at that time became purely personal wealth and power.

A sub-theme of the book is the influence of monasticism, which created its own closed communities and became the model for family life at the beginning of the gothic era. Monks and the clergy were the holders of standards of conduct and literacy through this little-known period, and exerted immense influence on the mores of the people who lived nearby. In all its detail, this was new to me. Indeed, if it were not for their labors, much of classical learning would have been lost forever. They are also virtually the only source for information about life in Byzantium.

While there is something lost in having so many authors involved in a single volume, the chapters in this book are so long and detailed that they are like self-contained books. Ample illustrations transport the reader to each era, revealing the mystery of what made us who we are in the west over so many centuries. Nonetheless, the chapters are uneven. The chapter on Roman architecture in N. Africa is very boring indeed, and the one on Byzantium is dull as well. But those on pagan and then Christian Rome are superb, as are those on the dark ages.

Finally, this book relies more on written sources than on archaeology, which is a pity in my opinion, as the sources written after pagan Rome are rather formulaic and outright boring in their rhetorical flourishes as you read about them over hundreds of pages. At times, it reads like a compendium of obscure sources, including exhaustive analysis of funery inscriptions, though that is often what academia comes down to. Another odd thing is that there are only two pages of footnotes, which are followed by a rather poor bibliography. While the book is trying to strike a balance between popular and specialized audiences, I would have preferred better info on sources.

In spite of these criticisms, there is no question that this book is an ample and fascinating meal. Recommended.

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A History of Private Life Volume I: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium
Paul [editor]; Arthur Goldhammer [translator] Veyne
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Editor-Paul Veyne; Series Editor-Phillippe Ariès; Series Editor-Georges Duby; Translator-Arthur Goldhammer
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an early update will be much welcome.......2005-09-26

The book is well written. Although there is a lot changes in the recent years, alos in terms of modality of programmin (Fortran), there is still little reflection of this in the book in teh code part. Also a CD with all the codes used in book is missing and would be worth to be included. The CD might include the codes written in other window application programming languages (i.e. C#, Visual Basic.Net and C++.Net

Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments, with Applications to Engineering and Science

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Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments, with Applications to Engineering and Science
Robert L. Mason
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Emphasizes the strategy of experimentation, data analysis, and the interpretation of experimental results.

Features numerous examples using actual engineering and scientific studies.
Presents statistics as an integral component of experimentation from the planning stage to the presentation of the conclusions.
Deep and concentrated experimental design coverage, with equivalent but separate emphasis on the analysis of data from the various designs.
Topics can be implemented by practitioners and do not require a high level of training in statistics.
New edition includes new and updated material and computer output.

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well written applications-oriented text.......2000-09-21

Mason, Gunst and Hess have done a great deal of consulting in industry which has provided them with an understanding of the design and analysis of linear and nonlinear models. In fact, I have had some direct experience with Bob Mason from Southwest Research Institute. When I was working at a medical device company owned by St. Jude Medical Inc., Southwest Research Institute had been contracted to analyze data from one of our animal experiments for defibrillation thresholds. As the new statistician in the company I needed to get acquainted with their work. The book illustrates many designs using real world problems. The first 5 chapters (88 pages) cover elementary statistical concepts and methods. The next 6 chapters (145 pages) cover designs. Most standard designs are covered including full factorials, balanced incomplete blocks, latin squares, fractional factorials and nested and crossover designs. There is also a chapter on response surface designs including rotatable designs, central composite designs and Box-Behnken designs. The rest of the book, some 368 pages, deals with statistical analysis of data from designed experiments. It makes a very good reference source.

The only disadvantage of it is that there have been many advances in the design of experiments since 1989 when the book was published. The topic of robust parameter design is not covered because much of the development occurred after 1989. Hints of the topic and mention of the Taguchi approach appear only on pages 108-110. To learn much more about the recent developments in the design of experiments see Hamada and Wu (2000) "Experiments". My review of Hamada and Wu can be found on Amazon.

Design and experimental.......1999-07-07

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A Concentrated, Accessible, and Suprisingly Useful Reference.......2000-03-10

This text covers a broad range of topics in statistical and numerical analysis. It is most appropriate as a suplemental reference for senior undergraduate and beginning graduate students in statistics, computer science, and electrical & industrial engineering. Smarter MBA students will also find this usefull.

The book's subject range is achieved by sacrificing rigor and depth on the altar of accessability. This isn't nessesarily a bad compromise...

I find this book suprisingly useful to establish a beachhead when tackling a subject that is either new to me, or is many years past in my schooling.

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How can we manage a so-called "renewable" natural resource such as a fishery when we don't know how renewable it really is? James A. Crutchfield and Arnold Zellner developed a dynamic and highly successful economic approach to this problem, drawing on extensive data from the Pacific halibut industry. Although the U.S. Department of the Interior published a report about their findings in 1962, it had very limited distribution and is now long out of print.

This book presents a complete reprint of Crutchfield and Zellner's pioneering study, together with a new introduction by the authors and four new papers by other scholars. These new studies cover the history of the Pacific halibut industry as well as the general and specific contributions of the original work—such as price-oriented conservation policy—to the fields of resource economics and management. The resulting volume integrates theory and practice in a clear, well-contextualized case study that will be important not just for environmental and resource economists, but also for leaders of industries dependent on any natural resource.

The Economics of Marine Resources and Conservation Policy: The Pacific Halibut Case Study with Commentary

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The Economics of Marine Resources and Conservation Policy: The Pacific Halibut Case Study with Commentary
James A. Crutchfield Arnold Zellner
Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OPG04Q

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