THE HAWAIIAN OF HISTORY JOURNAL H A W A I I A N D A N C I N G G I R L. VOLUME 35 2001 Hawaiian Historical Society
EDITOR Thomas S. Dye Hawaiian Historical Society Publishers ASSOCIATE EDITORS Dan Boylan Professor of History, University of Hawaii West O'ahu Helen G. Chapin Vice-President Emerita, Hawai'i Pacific University Lela Goodell Cataloger (retired), Hawaiian Mission Children s Society Library E. Alison Kay Professor of Zoology, University of HawaVi at Mdnoa Eleanor C. Nordyke Population Specialist (retired), East-West Population Institute Philip F. Rehbock Professor of History, University ofhawai'i at Mdnoa Robert C. Schmitt State Statistician (retired), HawaVi State Department of Business and Economic Development Amy K. Stillman Associate Professor of Music, University of Michigan Chieko Tachihata Hawaiian Curator (retired), Hamilton Library, University ofhawai'i at Mdnoa BOOK REVIEW EDITOR Nancy J. Morris Head of Special Collections, Hamilton Library, University ofhawai'i at Mdnoa BIBLIOGRAPHER Joan Hori Hawaiian Curator, Hamilton Library, University ofhawai'i at Mdnoa EDITORIAL INFORMATION 560 Kawaiaha'o St., Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813 Phone: 808-537-6271 MEMBERSHIP Annual Memberships: Life Memberships: Senior Citizen (over 65) Regular Contributing (family) Sponsor Associate Friend Corporate Business Educational Institution Partner Benefactor Patron Founder $30.00 per year $40.00 per year $50.00 per year $100.00 per year $250.00 per year $500.00 per year $250.00+ per year $40.00 per year $1,000.00 $2,500.00 $5,000.00 $10,000.00 Members receive the Journal and the newsletter free of charge and are entitled to a discount on publications. A catalog of the Society's publications and of other books for sale will be sent free of charge on request. SUBSCRIPTIONS Checks for subscriptions and dues should be made payable to the Hawaiian Historical Society and mailed to the editorial address above. Single copies and back issues of The Hawaiian Journal of History are available from the Society. Please notify the Society of changes of address. Articles in the Journal are indexed in America History and Life. ISSN 0440-5145 ISBN 0-945048-07-6 The Journal is composed and manufactured through the production services program of the University of Hawai'i Press. Printed on acid-free paper.
THE HAWAIIAN JOURNAL OF HISTORY Devoted to the history of Hawai'i, Polynesia, and the Pacific Area Volume 35 2001 ARTICLES Death in Hawai'i: The Epidemics of 1848 1849 1 ROBERT C. SCHMITT AND ELEANOR C. NORDYKE Hawai'i's Commercial Fishing Industry: 1820-1945 15 DONALD M. SCHUG Honolulu 1870 35 DIANE BARNET Delbert E. Metzger, Hawai'i's Liberal Judge 43 H. BRETT MELENDY Three Views of the Attack on Pearl Harbor: Navy, Civilian and Resident Perspectives 65 MARJORIE KELLY Bread and Jelly 91 GUSSIE ORNELLAS Photographically Illustrated Books about Hawai'i, 1854-1945 101 LYNN ANN DAVIS Documentary reviews of 0 Hawai'i: Of Hawai'i from Settlement to Kingdom; Nation Within: The Story of America's Annexation of the Nation of Hawai'i; Hawai'i's Last Queen; 1946: The Great Hawaii Sugar Strike; The Great Hawaii Dock Strike; The 442nd: Duty, Honor, and Loyalty 141 DAN BOYLAN
THE HAWAIIAN JOURNAL OF HISTORY BOOK REVIEWS John A. Burns: The Man and his Times 149 DAN BOYLAN AND T. MICHAEL HOLMES Reviewed by Tom Coffman Colonizing Hawai'i: The Cultural Power of Law 151 SALLY ENGLE MERRY Reviewed by Yuklin Aluli Staging Tourism: Bodies on Display from Waikiki to Sea World 153 JANE c. DESMOND Reviewed by Phyllis Turnbull Captain Cook's World: Maps of the Life and Voyages of James Cook R.N. 158 JOHN ROBSON Reviewed by Eleanor C. Nordyke BIBLIOGRAPHY Hawaiiana 2001: A Bibliography of Titles of Historical Interest 161 JOAN HORI, JODIE MATTOS, AND DORE MINATODANI, ASSISTED BY ASHLEY CHING
CONTENTS ON THE COVER "Hawaiian Dancing Girl," wood engraving from photo by H. L. Chase published in The Hawaiian Guide Book by H. M. Whitney, 1875. Bishop Museum. 2001 The Hawaiian Historical Society. Printed in the United States of America.
Abbreviations ABCFM AH BH BHL BHM BPBM BPRO CCM DB DPI EB F FO 8c Ex FOLB HA HAA HBC HG HHS HJH HMCS HSB ID IDLB IDLF IDM MH P PCA PCR PP RHAS SIG SIN SSB & A American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions State Archives of Hawai'i Board of Health, AH Board of Health Letters, AH Board of Health Minutes, AH Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum British Public Record Office Cabinet Council Minutes, AH Daily Bulletin Department of Public Instruction, AH Evening Bulletin The Friend Foreign Office and Executive File, AH Foreign Office Letter Book, AH Honolulu Advertiser Hawaiian Almanac and Annual; also called Thrum's Annual Hawai'i State Bureau of Conveyances Hawaiian Gazette Hawaiian Historical Society Hawaiian Journal of History Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Honolulu Star-Bulletin Interior Department, AH Interior Department Letter Book, AH Interior Department Land File, AH Interior Department Miscellaneous, AH Missionary Herald Polynesian Pacific Commercial Advertiser Privy Council Records, AH Paradise of the Pacific Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society Sandwich Islands Gazette Sandwich Islands News Sunday Star-Bulletin and Advertiser