Kalaupapa Place Names: Waikolu to Nihoa 9780824873301

In Kalaupapa Place Names, John Clark presents a unique history of the leprosy settlement on Moloka‘i, based on his metic

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Kalaupapa Place Names: Waikolu to Nihoa
9780824873301

Table of contents :
Impressum
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Introduction
Kalaupapa Place Names
Kalaupapa History
Kanikau
Interviews
References
Index

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