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Book The Vanishing Sugar Plantation Towns on Oahu  Hawaii

Download or read book The Vanishing Sugar Plantation Towns on Oahu Hawaii written by Ingeborg Urcia and published by . This book was released on 1995* with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Sugar Town

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  • Author : Yasushi Kurisu
  • Publisher : Watermark Publishing
  • Release : 1995
  • ISBN : 9780970578716
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Sugar Town written by Yasushi Kurisu and published by Watermark Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Endangered Eating  America s Vanishing Foods

Download or read book Endangered Eating America s Vanishing Foods written by Sarah Lohman and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2024 Ohioana Book Award in Nonfiction A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • A Food & Wine Best Book of 2023 • An Eater Best Food Book, Fall 2023 American food traditions are in danger of being lost. How do we save them? Apples, a common New England crop, have been called the United States' "most endangered food." The iconic Texas Longhorn cattle is categorized at "critical" risk for extinction. Unique date palms, found nowhere else on the planet, grow in California’s Coachella Valley—but the family farms that caretake them are shutting down. Apples, cattle, dates—these are foods that carry significant cultural weight. But they’re disappearing. In Endangered Eating, culinary historian Sarah Lohman draws inspiration from the Ark of Taste, a list compiled by Slow Food International that catalogues important regional foods. Lohman travels the country learning about the distinct ingredients at risk of being lost. Readers follow Lohman to Hawaii, as she walks alongside farmers to learn the stories behind heirloom sugarcane. In the Navajo Nation, she assists in the traditional butchering of a Navajo Churro ram. Lohman heads to the Upper Midwest, to harvest wild rice; to the Pacific Northwest, to spend a day wild salmon reefnet fishing; to the Gulf Coast, to devour gumbo made thick and green with filé powder; and to the Lowcountry of South Carolina, to taste America’s oldest peanut—long thought to be extinct. Lohman learns from those who love these rare ingredients: shepherds, fishers, and farmers; scientists, historians, and activists. And she tries her hand at raising these crops and preparing these dishes. Each chapter includes two recipes, so readers can be a part of saving these ingredients by purchasing and preparing them. Animated by stories yet grounded in historical research, Endangered Eating gives readers the tools to support community food organizations and producers that work to preserve local culinary traditions and rare, cherished foods—before it’s too late.

Book Waipahu at War

Download or read book Waipahu at War written by and published by . This book was released on 1945* with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World

Download or read book Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World written by James Cowan Greenway and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Since the disappearance of the last dodo some 280 years ago, over 130 species and subspecies of birds have completely disappeared or have become seriously threatened with extinction. The passenger pigeon, Labrador duck, great auk, the nearly extinct ivory-billed woodpecker and whooping crane are but a few of the many varieties of parrot, owl, thrush, honeycreeper, duck, sparrow, etc., which have been wiped out, usually due to man's interference. Greenway's book is the first up-to-date, comprehensive survey of extinct and vanishing birds, and, as such, it serves as a strong warning about steps which must be taken to prevent the total disappearance of the threatened species. He begins with an area-by-area survey of important lost and disappearing birds, carefully noting all possible causes for their disappearance. Then, each species and subspecies is discussed individually, with detailed information on nomenclature, last sightings, range, description, habits, and similar material." --Back cover.

Book The New America and the Far East

Download or read book The New America and the Far East written by George Waldo Browne and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hawaii

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  • Author : Rodney N. Smith
  • Publisher : Hunter Publishing, Inc
  • Release : 1995
  • ISBN : 1556506945
  • Pages : 370 pages

Download or read book Hawaii written by Rodney N. Smith and published by Hunter Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 1995 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide to the most scenic walks on the major Hawaiian islands of Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Hawaii, Kauai and Oahu. Walks range from easy strolls of a few hours to multi-day excursions where blankets and sleeping backs are de rigeur. Waikiki, the Koolaus, Honolulu, Lahaina, the Seven Pools of Kipahulu, Kaanapali, Iao Valley State Park, Waimea Canyon, Kalalau Valley, the Na Pali Cliffs, Kalaupapa, Kaiholena Gulch, Waipop Valley, and Kilauea all have designated trails covered here. Descriptive text gives you a feel for the area, whether its downtown Honolulu or the lush green slopes of Iao Needle on Kauai. Each hike is graded for its difficulty from family to strenuous, although most are suitable for the entire family. A thoughtful interior design allows you to see the trail's rating, mileage and any permit requirements at a glance.This one's not for either the ultra-lazy pool potatoes or [those who] need step-by-step direction many pro-hiker guides provide. But if you'd like folksy-friendly insider tips to accessible Hawaiian adventures for the whole family, here's your guide.

Book The Far East

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  • Author : George Waldo Browne
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1901
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 366 pages

Download or read book The Far East written by George Waldo Browne and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Colonizing Hawai i

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  • Author : Sally Engle Merry
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2020-12-08
  • ISBN : 0691221987
  • Pages : 389 pages

Download or read book Colonizing Hawai i written by Sally Engle Merry and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does law transform family, sexuality, and community in the fractured social world characteristic of the colonizing process? The law was a cornerstone of the so-called civilizing process of nineteenth-century colonialism. It was simultaneously a means of transformation and a marker of the seductive idea of civilization. Sally Engle Merry reveals how, in Hawai'i, indigenous Hawaiian law was displaced by a transplanted Anglo-American law as global movements of capitalism, Christianity, and imperialism swept across the islands. The new law brought novel systems of courts, prisons, and conceptions of discipline and dramatically changed the marriage patterns, work lives, and sexual conduct of the indigenous people of Hawai'i.

Book Hidden Oahu

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  • Author : Ray Riegert
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN : 9781569750865
  • Pages : 196 pages

Download or read book Hidden Oahu written by Ray Riegert and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining the best of Waikiki's rich travel legacy with its newest attractions and extensive coverage of the rest of the island, Hidden Oahu blends traditional tropical fun with adventure and local culture. Readers can follow award-winning travel writer Ray Riegert past Waikiki's highrises to a quiet street that's home to three classic, intimate inns whose ambiance and hospitality recall another era. And as an alternative to a hotel's prefab luau, the author suggests Hawaiian regional cuisine with a Provencial twist at Honolulu's new Chef Mavro, the latest restaurant creation of the island's most celebrated chef. Hidden Oahu leads adventurers to lush hiking trails, kayaking bays, and secluded campgrounds. It also helps readers uncover the island's rich history at sights like Kukaniloho, where sacred stones mark the ancient birthplace of Hawaiian royalty.

Book The Hawaiian Plantation Town

Download or read book The Hawaiian Plantation Town written by Karen C. Oishi and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The International Geographic Encyclopedia and Atlas

Download or read book The International Geographic Encyclopedia and Atlas written by Fernando de Mello Vianna and published by Springer. This book was released on 1979-06-17 with total page 1021 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Mid Pacific Magazine

Download or read book The Mid Pacific Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 1070 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Plantation Doctor

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  • Author : Timothy David Woo
  • Publisher : Legacy Isle Publishing
  • Release : 2016-08-10
  • ISBN : 9781935690818
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Plantation Doctor written by Timothy David Woo and published by Legacy Isle Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born on the Big Island just after the turn of the century, T. David Woo enjoyed a unique perspective on Hawai'i's booming plantation era. The twelfth of sixteen children, whose father was one of the first Episcopalian ministers in Hawai'i, he left home at the age of fourteen to attend St. John's School in Shanghai, China. After earning his medical degree in 1935, he returned to his island of birth to become a "cowboy doctor" at Parker Ranch, physician for the Hakalau, Pepe'ekeo, Honom¿ and Onomea Plantations, and co-founder of the Hilo Medical Group--providing medical care for thousands of ranch hands, plantation workers and many other Big Island residents. Through rare photos, rich anecdotes in Dr. Woo's own words and detailed maps of Hakalau's ethnic camps, Plantation Doctor: A Memoir of Hawai'i provides a fascinating look at the days when sugar cane was king.

Book The Japanese Conspiracy

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  • Author : Masayo Umezawa Duus
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2023-09-01
  • ISBN : 0520917677
  • Pages : 399 pages

Download or read book The Japanese Conspiracy written by Masayo Umezawa Duus and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early 1920 in Hawaii, Japanese sugar cane workers, faced with spiraling living expenses, defiantly struck for a wage increase to $1.25 per day. The event shook the traditional power structure in Hawaii and, as Masayo Duus demonstrates in this book, had consequences reaching all the way up to the eve of World War II. By the end of World War I, the Hawaiian Islands had become what a Japanese guidebook called a "Japanese village in the Pacific," with Japanese immigrant workers making up nearly half the work force on the Hawaiian sugar plantations. Although the strikers eventually capitulated, the Hawaiian territorial government, working closely with the planters, cracked down on the strike leaders, bringing them to trial for an alleged conspiracy to dynamite the house of a plantation official. And to end dependence on Japanese immigrant labor, the planters lobbied hard in Washington to lift restrictions on the immigration of Chinese workers. Placing the event in the context of immigration history as well as diplomatic history, Duus argues that the clash between the immigrant Japanese workers and the Hawaiian oligarchs deepened the mutual suspicion between the Japanese and United States governments. Eventually, she demonstrates, this suspicion led to the passage of the so-called Japanese Exclusion Act of 1924, an event that cast a long shadow into the future. Drawing on both Japanese- and English-language materials, including important unpublished trial documents, this richly detailed narrative focuses on the key actors in the strike. Its dramatic conclusions will have broad implications for further research in Asian American studies, labor history, and immigration history.

Book Report on Hawaii Civil Liberties Committee

Download or read book Report on Hawaii Civil Liberties Committee written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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