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Author | : Adam Johnson |
Publisher | : Random House Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 465 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0812992792 |
Download The Orphan Master's Son Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The son of a singer mother whose career forcibly separated her from her family and an influential father who runs an orphan work camp, Pak Jun Do rises to prominence using instinctive talents and eventually becomes a professional kidnapper and romantic rival to Kim Jong Il. By the author of Parasites Like Us.
Author | : James A. Michener |
Publisher | : Dial Press |
Total Pages | : 1154 |
Release | : 2013-11-26 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0804151407 |
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Pulitzer Prize–winning author James A. Michener brings Hawaii’s epic history vividly to life in a classic saga that has captivated readers since its initial publication in 1959. As the volcanic Hawaiian Islands sprout from the ocean floor, the land remains untouched for centuries—until, little more than a thousand years ago, Polynesian seafarers make the perilous journey across the Pacific, flourishing in this tropical paradise according to their ancient traditions. Then, in the early nineteenth century, American missionaries arrive, bringing with them a new creed and a new way of life. Based on exhaustive research and told in Michener’s immersive prose, Hawaii is the story of disparate peoples struggling to keep their identity, live in harmony, and, ultimately, join together. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Centennial. Praise for Hawaii “Wonderful . . . [a] mammoth epic of the islands.”—The Baltimore Sun “One novel you must not miss! A tremendous work from every point of view—thrilling, exciting, lusty, vivid, stupendous.”—Chicago Tribune “From Michener’s devotion to the islands, he has written a monumental chronicle of Hawaii, an extraordinary and fascinating novel.”—Saturday Review “Memorable . . . a superb biography of a people.”—Houston Chronicle
Author | : Mary Kawena Pukui |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1976-12-01 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9780824805241 |
Download Place Names of Hawaii Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
How many place names are there in the Hawaiian Islands? Even a rough estimate is impossible. Hawaiians named taro patches, rocks, trees, canoe landings, resting places in the forests, and the tiniest spots where miraculous events are believed to have taken place. And place names are far from static--names are constantly being given to new houses and buildings, streets and towns, and old names are replaced by new ones. It is essential, then, to record the names and the lore associated with them now, while Hawaiians are here to lend us their knowledge. And, whatever the fate of the Hawaiian language, the place names will endure. The first edition of Place Names of Hawaii contained only 1,125 entries. The coverage is expanded in the present edition to include about 4,000 entries, including names in English. Also, approximately 800 more names are included in this volume than appear in the second edition of the Atlas of Hawaii.
Author | : Linda K. Menton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download A History of Hawaiʻi Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Noel J. Kent |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2021-05-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0824844785 |
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When this book first appeared, it opened a new and innovative perspective on Hawaii's history and contemporary dilemmas. Now, several decades later, its themes of dependency, misdevelopment, and elitism dominate Hawaii's economic evolution more than ever. The author updates his study with an overview of the Japanese investment spree of the late 1980s, the impact of national economic restructuring on the tourism industry in Hawaii, the continuing crises of local politics, and the Hawaiian sovereignty movement as a potential source of renewal.
Author | : Linda K. Menton |
Publisher | : CRDG |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Hawaii |
ISBN | : 0937049948 |
Download A History of Hawaii, Student Book Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A comprehensive and readable account of the history of Hawai'i presented in three chronological units: Unit 1, Pre-contact to 1900; Unit 2, 1900¿1945; Unit 3, 1945 to the present. Each unit contains chapters treating political, economic, social, and land history in the context of events in the United States and the Pacific Region. The student book features primary documents, political cartoons, stories and poems, graphs, a glossary, maps, and timelines. The activities, writing assignments, oral presentations, and simulations foster critical thinking.
Author | : Toni Polancy |
Publisher | : Barefoot Publishing |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780966625301 |
Download So You Want to Live in Hawaiʻi Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Andrew Doughty |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Hawaii Island (Hawaii) |
ISBN | : |
Download Hawaii, the Big Island Revealed Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : J. Kehaulani Kauanui |
Publisher | : Duke University Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2008-11-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 082239149X |
Download Hawaiian Blood Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (HHCA) of 1921, the U.S. Congress defined “native Hawaiians” as those people “with at least one-half blood quantum of individuals inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to 1778.” This “blood logic” has since become an entrenched part of the legal system in Hawai‘i. Hawaiian Blood is the first comprehensive history and analysis of this federal law that equates Hawaiian cultural identity with a quantifiable amount of blood. J. Kēhaulani Kauanui explains how blood quantum classification emerged as a way to undermine Native Hawaiian (Kanaka Maoli) sovereignty. Within the framework of the 50-percent rule, intermarriage “dilutes” the number of state-recognized Native Hawaiians. Thus, rather than support Native claims to the Hawaiian islands, blood quantum reduces Hawaiians to a racial minority, reinforcing a system of white racial privilege bound to property ownership. Kauanui provides an impassioned assessment of how the arbitrary correlation of ancestry and race imposed by the U.S. government on the indigenous people of Hawai‘i has had far-reaching legal and cultural effects. With the HHCA, the federal government explicitly limited the number of Hawaiians included in land provisions, and it recast Hawaiians’ land claims in terms of colonial welfare rather than collective entitlement. Moreover, the exclusionary logic of blood quantum has profoundly affected cultural definitions of indigeneity by undermining more inclusive Kanaka Maoli notions of kinship and belonging. Kauanui also addresses the ongoing significance of the 50-percent rule: Its criteria underlie recent court decisions that have subverted the Hawaiian sovereignty movement and brought to the fore charged questions about who counts as Hawaiian.
Author | : George Cooper |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 560 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download Land and Power in Hawaii Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Describe a pervasive way of conducting private and public affairs in which state and local office holders throughout Hawaii took their personal financial interests into account in their actions as public.