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Hawai`i's Scenic Roads: Paving the Way for Tourism in the Islands
Dawn E. Duensing
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Description for Hawai`i's Scenic Roads: Paving the Way for Tourism in the Islands
Hardcover. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KNSG; RPT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 703.
Hawai‘i’s Scenic Roads examines a century of overland transportation from the kingdom’s first constitutional government until World War II, discovering how roads in the world’s most isolated archipelago rivaled those on the continental U.S. Building Hawai‘i’s roads was no easy feat, as engineers confronted a uniquecombination of circumstances: extreme isolation, mountainous topography, torrential rains, deserts, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and on Haleakal?, freezing temperatures.
By investigating the politics and social processes that facilitated road projects, Hawai‘i’s Scenic Roads explains that foreign settlers wanted roads to “civilize” the Hawaiians and promote economic development, specifically agriculture. Once sugar became the dominant driver, ... Read more
Hawai‘i’s Scenic Roads examines a century of overland transportation from the kingdom’s first constitutional government until World War II, discovering how roads in the world’s most isolated archipelago rivaled those on the continental U.S. Building Hawai‘i’s roads was no easy feat, as engineers confronted a uniquecombination of circumstances: extreme isolation, mountainous topography, torrential rains, deserts, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and on Haleakal?, freezing temperatures.
By investigating the politics and social processes that facilitated road projects, Hawai‘i’s Scenic Roads explains that foreign settlers wanted roads to “civilize” the Hawaiians and promote economic development, specifically agriculture. Once sugar became the dominant driver, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Univ Hawaii Pr
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824839284
SKU
V9780824839284
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About Dawn E. Duensing
Dawn E. Duensing worked on Maui as an independent historian and historic preservation consultant for seventeen years.
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