NEW FROM MlCHIQAN THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS. Jocelyn Linnekin Sacred Queens and Women of Consequence

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1 NEW FROM MlCHIQAN Jocelyn Linnekin Sacred Queens and Women of Consequence Rank, Gender, and Colonialism in the Hawaiian Islands Linnekin's book is a pathbreaking study of Hawaiian women's cultural valuation and social position during the first century of Western contact. The author discusses women's roles in exchange, production, kinship, and politics, challenging the view that Polynesian women were doomed to a peripheral status by the ritual logic of pollution. Linnekin's is a unique and important contribution to the scholarship on Hawaiian history and to the growing literature on women and colonialism, and women and social stratification. cloth $35.00 / paper $15.95 Michigan residents, include 4% sales tax. M^Vc Women and Culture Series THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS Dept. IT P.O. Box 1104 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106

2 The Hawaiian Journal of History A scholarly journal devoted to original articles on the history of Hawai'i, Polynesia, and the Pacific area. Published annually, beginning with Volume 1, Approximately 200 pages per volume, with illustrations. The Journal is distributed free to Society members. Regular Annual Membership $20 Institutional subscriptions $15 Single Copies $8.95 Back issues $7.00 Index to the Hawaiian Journal of History, Compiled by Lela Goodell. 49 pages, paper $4.00. An index to the first ten volumes of The Journal. Index to the Hawaiian Journal of History, Compiled by Lela Goodell, edited by Agnes Conrad. 69 pages, paper $6.00. Continues the first index and covers volumes 11 through 20 of The Journal. Index to Publications of the Hawaiian Historical Society, Compiled by Charles H. Hunter. 84 pages, paper $5.00. A complete index of the people, places and subjects described in the Society's Annual Reports and Papers. These publications may be ordered from The Hawaiian Historical Society, 560 Kawaiahao St., Honolulu, Hawaii Society members receive al0% discount.

3 Hawaiian Historical Society Books A Merchant's Perspective: Captain Jacobus Boelen's Narrative of His Visit to Hawai'i in Translated with an introduction and notes by Frank J. A. Broeze. Illustrated. $ A Dutch sea-captain merchant's account of the last days of the sandalwood trade in Hawai'i. Hawai'i in the Movies By Robert C. Schmitt. Illustrated. $6.95. The first complete history of the 120 feature-length films made in or about Hawai'i before Statehood. The Diaries of David Lawrence Gregg: An American Diplomat in Hawai'i Edited with an introduction by Pauline King. Illustrated. $ Gregg was U.S. Commissioner to the Kingdom of Hawai'i and intimately involved in Hawaiian affairs. Fourteen Years in the Sandwich Islands, By Charles de Varigny. Translated with an introduction by Alfons L. Korn. Illustrated. $ Important historical events blended with reminiscences by a young Frenchman who became prime minister of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Around the World on the Kamchatka, By V. M. Golovnin. Translated with an introduction and notes by Ella L. Wiswell. Illustrated. $ A classic Russian account of the peoples and cultures of Hawai'i and the Pacific. Available from The Hawaiian Historical Society, 560 Kawaiahao St., Honolulu, Hawaii Society members receive a 10% discount

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6 The Hawaiian Journal ofhistory has been regularly published since The editors solicit manuscripts dealing with the history of Hawai'i, Polynesia, and the Pacific area. Manuscripts should be submitted by December 31 and are submitted at the sender's risk. Authors should contact the Editor in advance for a copy of the Journal's "Suggestions for Contributors." The Hawaiian Journal of History expects that permission to reproduce material printed in it will be requested prior to such reproduction. This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). Contributors to the Journal receive ten copies of their articles.