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Book The Island Edge of America

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  • Author : Tom Coffman
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 2003-02-28
  • ISBN : 9780824826628
  • Pages : 444 pages

Download or read book The Island Edge of America written by Tom Coffman and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2003-02-28 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his most challenging work to date, journalist and author Tom Coffman offers readers a new and much-needed political narrative of twentieth-century Hawaii. The Island Edge of America reinterprets the major events leading up to and following statehood in 1959: U.S. annexation of the Hawaiian kingdom, the wartime crisis of the Japanese-American community, postwar labor organization, the Cold War, the development of Hawaii's legendary Democratic Party, the rise of native Hawaiian nationalism. His account weaves together the threads of multicultural and transnational forces that have shaped the Islands for more than a century, looking beyond the Hawaii carefully packaged for the tourist to the Hawaii of complex and conflicting identities--independent kingdom, overseas colony, U.S. state, indigenous nation--a wonderfully rich, diverse, and at times troubled place. With a sure grasp of political history and culture based on decades of firsthand archival research, Tom Coffman takes Hawaii's story into the twentieth century and in the process sheds new light on America's island edge.

Book America in Hawaii

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  • Author : Edmund Janes Carpenter
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1899
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 306 pages

Download or read book America in Hawaii written by Edmund Janes Carpenter and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hawaii

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  • Author : John Hamilton
  • Publisher : ABDO
  • Release : 2016-08-15
  • ISBN : 1680774174
  • Pages : 51 pages

Download or read book Hawaii written by John Hamilton and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Hawaii, the Aloha State! Your students will go surfing at Waikiki Beach, explore Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, hula dance at a luau, explore the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, and more as they learn about Hawaii's history, plants and animals, industries, sports, cities, famous people, and more in this fun, fact-filled title. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo & Daughters is an imprint of Abdo Publishing.

Book The Korean Frontier in America

Download or read book The Korean Frontier in America written by Wayne Patterson and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Korean immigration to Hawaii provides a striking glimpse of the inner workings of Yi-dynasty Korea in its final decade. It is a picture of confusion, functionalism, corruption, oppression, and failure of leadership at all levels of government. Patterson suggests that the weakness of the Korean government on the issue of emigration made it easier for Japanese imperialism to succeed in Korea. He also revises the standard interpretation of Japanese foreign policy by suggestion that prestige—the need to prevent the United States from passing a Japanese exclusion act—as well as security was a motivating factor in the establishment of a protectorate over Korea in 1905. In the process he uncovers a heretofore hidden link between Japanese imperialism in Korea and Japanese-American relations at the turn of the century. The author has made extensive use of archival materials in Korea, Japan, Hawaii, and Washington, D.C. in researching a subject that has been neglected both in the United States and Korea. The study presents new information on the subject along with a keen analysis and innovative interpretation in a readable and accessible style. The work will be of significant value to specialists in Korean history, Korean-American relations, Japanese history, Japanese-Korean relations, U.S.-Japanese relations, Hawaiian history, and U.S. diplomatic history.

Book Overthrow

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  • Author : Stephen Kinzer
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2007-02-06
  • ISBN : 0805082409
  • Pages : 415 pages

Download or read book Overthrow written by Stephen Kinzer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-02-06 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning author tells the stories of the audacious American politicians, military commanders, and business executives who took it upon themselves to depose monarchs, presidents, and prime ministers of other countries with disastrous long-term consequences.

Book Annexation Hawaii

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  • Author : Thomas J. Osborne
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 9780963348418
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Annexation Hawaii written by Thomas J. Osborne and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Nation Within

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  • Author : Tom Coffman
  • Publisher : Duke University Press
  • Release : 2016-07-15
  • ISBN : 082237398X
  • Pages : 368 pages

Download or read book Nation Within written by Tom Coffman and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1893 a small group of white planters and missionary descendants backed by the United States overthrew the Kingdom of Hawai‘i and established a government modeled on the Jim Crow South. In Nation Within Tom Coffman tells the complex history of the unsuccessful efforts of deposed Hawaiian queen Lili‘uokalani and her subjects to resist annexation, which eventually came in 1898. Coffman describes native Hawaiian political activism, the queen's visits to Washington, D.C., to lobby for independence, and her imprisonment, along with hundreds of others, after their aborted armed insurrection. Exposing the myths that fueled the narrative that native Hawaiians willingly relinquished their nation, Coffman shows how Americans such as Theodore Roosevelt conspired to extinguish Hawai‘i's sovereignty in the service of expanding the United States' growing empire.

Book America in Hawaii

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  • Author : Edmund Janes Carpenter
  • Publisher : Forgotten Books
  • Release : 2015-06-26
  • ISBN : 9781330399620
  • Pages : 297 pages

Download or read book America in Hawaii written by Edmund Janes Carpenter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from America in Hawaii: A History of United States Influence in the Hawaiian Islands After the lapse of more than a century, during which the attention of the American people has been more and more closely drawn to the Hawaiian Islands, this archipelago has become American soil. It has been the aim of the author to trace, in as simple a manner as possible, the growth of American influence and sentiment in these Islands from their earliest beginnings to their culmination in annexation to the United States. While the author does not care to conceal from the reader in this brief introduction his thorough sympathy with the movement, in the Islands and in this country, which ended in annexation, he has endeavored, in the narration, to eliminate from it, as far as possible, any sentiment of partisanship, and to tell the story plainly, as the records have told it to him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Hawaii Facts and Symbols

Download or read book Hawaii Facts and Symbols written by Emily McAuliffe and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2003 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information about the state of Hawaii, its nickname, motto, and emblems.

Book Last Among Equals

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  • Author : Roger Bell
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 2019-03-31
  • ISBN : 082487904X
  • Pages : 460 pages

Download or read book Last Among Equals written by Roger Bell and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2019-03-31 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Last Among Equals is the first detailed account of Hawaii's quest for statehood. It is a story of struggle and accommodation, of how Hawaii was gradually absorbed into the politcal, economic, and ideological structures of American life. It also recounts the complex process that came into play when the states of the Union were confronted with the difficulty of granting admission to a non-contiguous territory with an overwhelmingly non-Caucasian population. More than any previous study of modern Hawaii, this book explains why Hawaii's legitimate claims to equality and autonomy as a state were frustrated for more than half a century. Last Among Equals is sure to remain a standard reference for modern Hawaiian and American political historians. As important, it will require a reevaluation of two commonly held myths: that of racial harmony in Hawaii and that of automatic equality under the Constitution of the United States.

Book Hawaii

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  • Author : Emily Rose Oachs
  • Publisher : Bellwether Media
  • Release : 2010-01-01
  • ISBN : 1612118062
  • Pages : 32 pages

Download or read book Hawaii written by Emily Rose Oachs and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The islands of Hawaii differ greatly from the other 49 states. Formed by volcanic activity in the North Pacific, they burst with rain forests, waterfalls, and beaches. In this colorful title, students will discover the natural beauty and unique traditions of a state far removed from the mainland.

Book Hawai i

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  • Author : Martin Hintz
  • Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN : 9780516206868
  • Pages : 148 pages

Download or read book Hawai i written by Martin Hintz and published by Children's Press(CT). This book was released on 1999 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the geography, plants and animals, history, economy, language, culture and people of the state of Hawaii

Book Theatres of Hawai i

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  • Author : Lowell Angell
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 9780738581606
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book Theatres of Hawai i written by Lowell Angell and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Famous for its lush beauty and inviting beaches, Hawai'i also boasts a rich theatrical history dating back to the mid-19th century and spanning its years as a kingdom, U.S. territory, and a state. Its warm, tropical climate and social, cultural, and ethnic diversity contributed to the variety of theatres unique to the islands--from simple, rural plantation theatres on the neighbor islands, to neighborhood movie houses in exotic styles, to an incomparable tropical moderne jewel near the beach at Waikiki. Most of these theatres are now just a memory, except for those few saved by dedicated individuals and restored for another life. This book celebrates the rich history of these theatrical venues through rare archival photographs and little-known details.

Book America in Hawaii

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  • Author : Edmund James Carpenter
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1890
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 275 pages

Download or read book America in Hawaii written by Edmund James Carpenter and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Alien Species and Evolution

Download or read book Alien Species and Evolution written by George W. Cox and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2013-04-10 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Alien Species and Evolution, biologist George W. Cox reviews and synthesizes emerging information on the evolutionary changes that occur in plants, animals, and microbial organisms when they colonize new geographical areas, and on the evolutionary responses of the native species with which alien species interact. The book is broad in scope, exploring information across a wide variety of taxonomic groups, trophic levels, and geographic areas. It examines theoretical topics related to rapid evolutionary change and supports the emerging concept that species introduced to new physical and biotic environments are particularly prone to rapid evolution. The author draws on examples from all parts of the world and all major ecosystem types, and the variety of examples used gives considerable insight into the patterns of evolution that are likely to result from the massive introduction of species to new geographic regions that is currently occurring around the globe. Alien Species and Evolution is the only state-of-the-art review and synthesis available of this critically important topic, and is an essential work for anyone concerned with the new science of invasion biology or the threats posed by invasive species.

Book Lost Kingdom

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  • Author : Julia Flynn Siler
  • Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
  • Release : 2012-01-03
  • ISBN : 0802194885
  • Pages : 469 pages

Download or read book Lost Kingdom written by Julia Flynn Siler and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times–bestselling author delivers “a riveting saga about Big Sugar flexing its imperialist muscle in Hawaii . . . A real gem of a book” (Douglas Brinkley, author of American Moonshot). Deftly weaving together a memorable cast of characters, Lost Kingdom brings to life the clash between a vulnerable Polynesian people and relentlessly expanding capitalist powers. Portraits of royalty and rogues, sugar barons, and missionaries combine into a sweeping tale of the Hawaiian Kingdom’s rise and fall. At the center of the story is Lili‘uokalani, the last queen of Hawai‘i. Born in 1838, she lived through the nearly complete economic transformation of the islands. Lucrative sugar plantations gradually subsumed the majority of the land, owned almost exclusively by white planters, dubbed the “Sugar Kings.” Hawai‘i became a prize in the contest between America, Britain, and France, each seeking to expand their military and commercial influence in the Pacific. The monarchy had become a figurehead, victim to manipulation from the wealthy sugar plantation owners. Lili‘u was determined to enact a constitution to reinstate the monarchy’s power but was outmaneuvered by the United States. The annexation of Hawai‘i had begun, ushering in a new century of American imperialism. “An important chapter in our national history, one that most Americans don’t know but should.” —The New York Times Book Review “Siler gives us a riveting and intimate look at the rise and tragic fall of Hawaii’s royal family . . . A reminder that Hawaii remains one of the most breathtaking places in the world. Even if the kingdom is lost.” —Fortune “[A] well-researched, nicely contextualized history . . . [Indeed] ‘one of the most audacious land grabs of the Gilded Age.’” —Los Angeles Times

Book America in Hawaii

    Book Details:
  • Author : Edmund Janes Carpenter
  • Publisher : Forgotten Books
  • Release : 2017-10-11
  • ISBN : 9780265160466
  • Pages : 294 pages

Download or read book America in Hawaii written by Edmund Janes Carpenter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from America in Hawaii: A History of United States Influence in the Hawaiian Islands Brief History qf the Hawaiian People, by Professor W D. Alexander, of Honolulu. The first-mentionea' of these authors, by a long residence in the Islands, beeamefamiliar with many of the traditions of the native people, ana' was a careful observer of their habits and customs. The last-namea' warh, prepared at the request qf the Hawaiian boara' q education, was written by one who haa' constant and unrestricted access to the principal existing collections of Hawaiian manuscripts and to the earlier and later ar chives of that government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.