In Haste with Aloha: Letters and Diaries of Queen Emma, 1881–1885 Selected and Edited by David W. Forbes History and Five Transformations of the

and Five Transformations of the Hawaiian Kingdom is a series of essays which develop the HMH site theme: Collaboration between Native Hawaiians and the American Protestant missionaries resulted in

and the evolution of a new and distinctive musical tradition with harmony and choral singing

In her letters

Queen Emma provides a rare account of ali‘i (royal) perspective

funded by the estate of Princess Pauahi Bishop

In Haste with Aloha: Letters and Diaries of Queen Emma, 1881–1885 Selected and Edited by David W. Forbes History and Five Transformations of theThis ambitious volume assembled by scholar David W. Forbes features a collection of ninety previously unpublished letters, as well as excerpts from two diaries, written between 1881 and 1885 by Hawaiian royal consort Queen Emma Kaleleonlani. In Haste with Aloha illuminates the last five years of the Queens life and makes available an important record of royal social life and customs in nineteenth century Hawaii. Much of her earlier correspondence has