Hawaii

Fast-paced economic and social changes have made it increasingly important to learn about, protect, and preserve Hawaiian cultural sites. This volume by Kapulani Landgraf documents …

With its white sandy beaches, lush green uplands, and near-perfect weather, the Hawaiian island of Maui is more than a picture postcard: it is a multi-million-dollar tourist …

In the early 1800s thousands of American and European traders arrived in Hawai'i to lay in supplies for the long trip east or to take on Hawaiian sandalwood, which commanded a high …

Offering diverse perspectives on Hawai?i's food system, this book addresses themes of place and identity across time. From early Western contact to the present day, the way in …

Hawaiian Antiquities (1898) is an ethnography by David Malo. Originally published in 1838, Hawaiian Antiquities, or Moolelo Hawaii, was updated through the end of Malo's life and …

Did U.S. intelligence know of Japan's coming attack on Pearl Harbor? Did President Roosevelt know? If so, why did he withhold warnings from the commanders in Hawaii? The answers …

In the United States, December 7, 1941, may live in infamy, in President Franklin D. Roosevelts phrase, but for most Americans the dates significance begins and ends with the …

This book studies the Japanese-American coffee farmers in Kona, Hawaii. Specifically, it sheds light on the role of first and second generation immigrants in the emergence of the …

The remains of Kaniakapp--King Kamehameha III's summer residence--bear no traces of the feast that once served ten thousand of his subjects gathered in celebration of Hawaiian …

When ten-year-old Michael Baughman moves to Hawaii with his parents, he is troubled and confused. His father doesnt provide the guidance Baughman needs and the boy doesnt know who …