Missionaries to Hawaii
Shapers of the Islands' Government
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3354860 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Norman Meller (University of Hawaii System, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1958 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 788-799 |
| Publication date | 1958-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Western Political Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-4078 • E-ISSN: 2325-8675 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591295801100403 |
| OpenAlex | W2039749805, W4231714702 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
archy, shoring it up against the debilitating effects of cultural clash. Later, some of their descendants, still popularly identified as of the missionary group, aided in the overthrow of that government and its replacement by the Republic and, thereafter, by the Territory. Both governments evidence by their structure the extreme centripetal tendencies prevailing in the Islands, which the organization of the mission itself had reinforced by serving as a model for the erection of a highly centralized administration. The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions despatched twelve companies of missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands between the years 1819 and 1847. Individual missionaries, also, arrived in the Islands both during this period and subsequent to the last of the companies. By 1894, 184 missionaries - 84 men and 100 women - had come to Hawaii. Among the men were ordained ministers of the Gospel, physicians, teachers, secular agents, printers, a bookbinder, and a farmer. Specialization was impossible; both laymen and ordained ministers were called to serve in many roles, while the womenfolk also ministered to the needs of the congregations of
Administration (probate law) · Archaeology · Gospel · Government (linguistics) · Linguistics · Political science · Shoring · Asian American and Pacific Histories · History · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Philosophy · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1974 - 2009 (36) |
| Highly cited | No |