The twisted path of nineteenth-century changes in Hawaiian food production and distribution.

Peter Mills is a professor of anthropology at UH Hilo, where he has taught for the last 29 years. He and his wife, Phoebe, lived off-grid in Laupāhoehoe throughout that time, and raised their daughter there, but they are soon to return to their roots in the often frozen woods of New England for retirement (we find that a little ill-considered, but don't hold that against them). Over the last three decades, Peter has established a reputation as an engaging public speaker through presentations for organizations such as the Kona Historical Society, After Dark in the Park, Lyman Museum, Paniolo Preservation Society, and Honokaʻa Heritage Center. Peter has received various awards for his teaching, research, and community engagement, including the Society for Hawaiian Archaeology's Lifetime Achievement Award, and Public Archaeology Award, the University of Hawaiʻi's Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, and the Historic Hawaiʻi Foundation's Preservation Commendation Award. He has authored two UH Press books and over 50 articles covering aspects of Hawaiian economic systems and subsequent colonial era transformations from stone tool production, to fort-building, to Hawaiian shipbuilding, to cowboy culture.