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The Island Edge of America: A Political History of Hawai'i
Tom Coffman
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Description for The Island Edge of America: A Political History of Hawai'i
Paperback. A political narrative of 20th-century Hawai'i, this work reinterprets the events leading up to and following statehood in 1959: US annexation of the Hawaiian kingdom, the wartime crisis of the Japanese-American community, post-war labour organization, and the rise of native Hawaiian nationalism. Num Pages: 370 pages, 72 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBJM; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 621.
In his most challenging work to date, journalist and author Tom Coffman offers readers a new and much-needed political narrative of twentieth-century Hawai'i. 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, post-war labor organization, the Cold War, the development of Hawai'i'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 Hawai'i carefully packaged for ... Read more
In his most challenging work to date, journalist and author Tom Coffman offers readers a new and much-needed political narrative of twentieth-century Hawai'i. 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, post-war labor organization, the Cold War, the development of Hawai'i'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 Hawai'i carefully packaged for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
370
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824826628
SKU
V9780824826628
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About Tom Coffman
Tom Coffman is the author of Catch a Wave: A Case Study of Hawaii's New Politics and the award-winning Nation Within: The Story of America's Annexation of the Nation of Hawai'i.
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