Gavan Daws' remarkable achievement is to free Hawaiian history from the dust of antiquity. Based on years of work in the documentary sources, Shoal of Time emerges as the most readable of all Hawaiian histories. Starting with the Western discovery of the islands in 1778--on through the days of the whalers, the missionary period, the plantation era with its vast numbers of Oriental ...

Manufacturer: University of Hawaii Press
Written By: Gavan Daws

As late as mid-1941 the two territories of Alaska and Hawai’i were little known by most Americans. Alaska was seen as a frozen wasteland and Hawai’i, an exotic outpost in the mid-Pacific with a multi-racial, particularly Asian, population. The bombing of Pearl Harbor in late 1941 and the capture of two Aleutian Islands in 1942 made the two territories central theaters of World War II. ...

Manufacturer: University of New Mexico Press
Written By: John S. Whitehead

Loyal to the Land is a sweeping history of one of the United States' largest working ranches, the Big Island of Hawai'i's Parker Ranch. In this wide-ranging and insightful book, illustrated with more than 250 historical photos, Dr. Bergin first discusses the important Hispanic vaquero roots of ranching in Hawai'i. He then relates the histories of the five foundation families, providing rich ...

Manufacturer: University of Hawaii Press
Written By: Billy Bergin

Manufacturer: Institute for Polynesian Studies
Written By: Edith Kawelohea McKinzie

Waikîkî: A History of Forgetting and Remembering presents a compelling cultural and environmental history of the area, exploring its place not only in the popular imagination, but also through the experiences of those who lived there. Employing a wide range of primary and secondary sources—including historical texts and photographs, government documents, newspaper accounts, posters, ...

Manufacturer: University of Hawaii Press
Written By: Gaye Chan

The stories of Kaua'i's ruling chiefs were passed from generation to generation in songs and narratives recited by trained storytellers either formally at the high chief's court or informally at family gatherings. Their chronology was ordered by a ruler's genealogy, which, in the case of the pua ali'i (flower of royalty), was illustrious and far reaching and could be traced to one of ...

Manufacturer: University of Hawaii Press
Written By: Frederick B. Wichman

Manufacturer: University of Hawaii Press
Written By: George Hu'Eu Sanford Kanahele

Leaves readers "with a deep appreciation for a place beloved of commoners and chiefs ... succeeds so well in establishing Waikiki's significance in the long history of Hawai'i".

Manufacturer: University of Hawaii Press
Written By: George S. Kanahele

When it first appeared, this historical overview of the evolution of Hawai'i's political economy opened a new and innovative perspective on Hawai'i's history and contemporary dilemmas. Now, a decade later, Kent adds an epilogue providing an overview of the Japanese investment spree, the impact of national economic restructuring on Hawai'i's tourism industry, the crises of local politics, and the ...

Manufacturer: University of Hawaii Press
Written By: N J Kent

History of the Shipman family from the island of Hawaii.

Manufacturer: University of Hawaii Press
Written By: Emmett Cahill