Talking Hawaii S Story

Author : Michiko Kodama-Nishimoto,Warren Nishimoto,Cynthia A. Oshiro
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780824864545

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Talking Hawaii's Story by Michiko Kodama-Nishimoto,Warren Nishimoto,Cynthia A. Oshiro Pdf

Talking Hawaii’s Story is the first major book in over a generation to present a rich sampling of the landmark work of Hawaii’s Center for Oral History. Twenty-nine extensive oral histories introduce readers to the sights and sounds of territorial Waikiki, to the feeling of community in Palama, in Kona, or on the island of Lanai, and even to the experience of a German national interned by the military government after Pearl Harbor. The result is a collection that preserves Hawaii’s social and cultural history through the narratives of the people who lived it—co-workers, neighbors, family members, and friends. An Introduction by Warren Nishimoto and Michi Kodama-Nishimoto provides historical context and information about the selection and collection methods. Photos of the interview subjects accompany each oral history. For further reading, an appendix also provides information about the Center for Oral History’s major projects.

Author : Liliuokalani (Queen of Hawaii)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Hawaii
ISBN : HARVARD:32044011719192

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Hawaii's Story by Liliuokalani (Queen of Hawaii) Pdf

Author : Donald A. Ritchie
Publisher : Oxford Oral History
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199329335

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Doing Oral History by Donald A. Ritchie Pdf

"The recent development of digital audio and video recording technology has continued to alter the practice of oral history, making it even easier to produce and disseminate quality recordings. At the same time, digital technology has complicated the preservation of the recordings, past and present. This basic manual offers ... advice for setting up an oral history project, conducting interviews and using oral history for research, making video recordings, preserving oral history collections in archives and libraries, and teaching and presenting oral history"--

Author : James L. Haley
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781466855502

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Captive Paradise by James L. Haley Pdf

The most recent state to join the union, Hawaii is the only one to have once been a royal kingdom. After its "discovery" by Captain Cook in the late 18th Century, Hawaii was fought over by European powers determined to take advantage of its position as the crossroads of the Pacific. The arrival of the first missionaries marked the beginning of the struggle between a native culture with its ancient gods, sexual libertinism and rites of human sacrifice, and the rigid values of the Calvinists. While Hawaii's royal rulers adopted Christianity, they also fought to preserve their ancient ways. But the success of the ruthless American sugar barons sealed their fate and in 1893, the American Marines overthrew Lili'uokalani, the last queen of Hawaii. James L. Haley's Captive Paradise is the story of King Kamehameha I, The Conqueror, who unified the islands through terror and bloodshed, but whose dynasty succumbed to inbreeding; of Gilded Age tycoons like Claus Spreckels who brilliantly outmaneuvered his competitors; of firebrand Lorrin Thurston, who was determined that Hawaii be ruled by whites; of President McKinley, who presided over the eventual annexation of the islands. Not for decades has there been such a vibrant and compelling portrait of an extraordinary place and its people.

Author : Queen Liliuokalani
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781462901975

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Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen by Queen Liliuokalani Pdf

The Hawaiian kingdom's last monarch wrote her biography in 1897, the year before the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands by the United States. Her story covers six decades of island history told from the viewpoint of a major historical figure. Introduction by Glen Grant.

Author : Liliuokalani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:313938718

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Hawaii's Story by Liliuokalani Pdf

Author : Stephen H. Sumida
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780295803456

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And the View from the Shore by Stephen H. Sumida Pdf

This groundbreaking study of a little-explored branch of American literature both chronicles and reinterprets the variety of patterns found within Hawaii’s pastoral and heroic literary traditions, and is unprecedented in its scope and theme. As a literary history, it covers two centuries of Hawaii’s culture since the arrival of Captain James Cookin 1778. Its approach is multicultural, representing the spectrum of native Hawaiian, colonial, tourist, and polyethnic local literatures. Explicit historical, social, political, and linguistic context of Hawaii, as well as literary theory, inform Stephen Sumida’s analyses and explications of texts, which in turn reinterpret the nonfictional contexts themselves. These “texts” include poems, song lyrics, novels and short fiction, drama and oral traditions that epitomize cultural milieus and sensibilities. Hawaii’s rich literary tradition begins with ancient Polynesian chant and encompasses the compelling novels of O.A. Bushnell, Shelley Ota, Kazuo Miyamoto, Milton Marayama, and John Dominis Holt; the stories of Patsy Saiki and Darrell Lum; the dramas of Aldyth Morris; the poetry of Cathy Song, Erick Chock, Jody Manabe, Wing Tek Lum, and others of the contemporary “Bamboo Ridge” group; Hawaiian songs and poetry, or mele; and works written by visitors from outside the islands, such as the journals of Captain Cook and the prose fiction of Herman Melville, James Fenimore Cooper, Mark Twain, and James Michener. Sumida discusses the renewed enthusiasm for native Hawaiian culture and the controversies over Hawaii’s vernacular pidgins and creoles. His achievement in developing a functional and accessible critical and intellectual framework for analyzing this diverse material is remarkable, and his engaging and perceptive analysis of these works invites the reader to explore further in the literature itself and to reconsider the present and future direction of Hawaii’s writers.

Author : Victor C. Pellegrino
Publisher : Maui Arthoughts Company
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0945045085

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Uncle Kawaiola's Dream by Victor C. Pellegrino Pdf

Uncle Kawaiola's Dream is a story that focuses on the important values of family, working together, respect for elders, and having goals or dreams. This title has a two page glossary of Hawaiian words used in the story as well as a Study Guide for Understanding and learning.

Author : Liliuokalani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1898-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1404782451

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Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen by Liliuokalani Pdf

Author : W. S. Merwin
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2000-03-28
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780375701511

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The Folding Cliffs by W. S. Merwin Pdf

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and “one of the greatest poets of our age … the Thoreau of our era” (Edward Hirsch) comes a thrilling story, in verse, of nineteenth-century Hawaii. Here is the story of an attempt by the government to seize and constrain possible victims of leprosy and the determination of one small family not to be taken. A tale of the perils and glories of their flight into the wilds of the island of Kauai, pursued by a gunboat full of soldiers. A brilliant capturing—inspired by the poet's respect for the people of these islands—of their life, their history, the gods and goddesses of their mythic past. A somber revelation of the wrecking of their culture through the exploitative incursions of Europeans and Americans. An epic narrative that enthralls with the grandeur of its language and of its vision.

Author : Julia Flynn Siler
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802194886

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Lost Kingdom by Julia Flynn Siler Pdf

The New York Times–bestselling author delivers “a riveting saga about Big Sugar flexing its imperialist muscle in Hawaii . . . A real gem of a book” (Douglas Brinkley, author of American Moonshot). Deftly weaving together a memorable cast of characters, Lost Kingdom brings to life the clash between a vulnerable Polynesian people and relentlessly expanding capitalist powers. Portraits of royalty and rogues, sugar barons, and missionaries combine into a sweeping tale of the Hawaiian Kingdom’s rise and fall. At the center of the story is Lili‘uokalani, the last queen of Hawai‘i. Born in 1838, she lived through the nearly complete economic transformation of the islands. Lucrative sugar plantations gradually subsumed the majority of the land, owned almost exclusively by white planters, dubbed the “Sugar Kings.” Hawai‘i became a prize in the contest between America, Britain, and France, each seeking to expand their military and commercial influence in the Pacific. The monarchy had become a figurehead, victim to manipulation from the wealthy sugar plantation owners. Lili‘u was determined to enact a constitution to reinstate the monarchy’s power but was outmaneuvered by the United States. The annexation of Hawai‘i had begun, ushering in a new century of American imperialism. “An important chapter in our national history, one that most Americans don’t know but should.” —The New York Times Book Review “Siler gives us a riveting and intimate look at the rise and tragic fall of Hawaii’s royal family . . . A reminder that Hawaii remains one of the most breathtaking places in the world. Even if the kingdom is lost.” —Fortune “[A] well-researched, nicely contextualized history . . . [Indeed] ‘one of the most audacious land grabs of the Gilded Age.’” —Los Angeles Times

Author : Martha Warren Beckwith
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780824840716

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Hawaiian Mythology by Martha Warren Beckwith Pdf

Ku and Hina—man and woman—were the great ancestral gods of heaven and earth for the ancient Hawaiians. They were life's fruitfulness and all the generations of mankind, both those who are to come and those already born. The Hawaiian gods were like great chiefs from far lands who visited among the people, entering their daily lives sometimes as humans or animals, sometimes taking residence in a stone or wooden idol. As years passed, the families of gods grew and included the trickster Maui, who snared the sun, and fiery Pele of the volcano. Ancient Hawaiians lived by the animistic philosophy that assigned living souls to animals, trees, stones, stars, and clouds, as well as to humans. Religion and mythology were interwoven in Hawaiian culture; and local legends and genealogies were preserved in song, chant, and narrative. Martha Beckwith was the first scholar to chart a path through the hundreds of books, articles, and little-known manuscripts that recorded the oral narratives of the Hawaiian people. Her book has become a classic work of folklore and ethnology, and the definitive treatment of Hawaiian mythology. With an introduction by Katherine Luomala.

Author : LILIUOKALANI HAWAII (QUEEN OF.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1033231312

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HAWAIIS STORY by LILIUOKALANI HAWAII (QUEEN OF.) Pdf

Author : Liliuokalani
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0344094588

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Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen, Liliuokalani by Liliuokalani Pdf

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Author : Hanya Yanagihara
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 717 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771017902

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To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara Pdf

From the author of the classic A LITTLE LIFE, a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia. In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). The fragile young scion of a distinguished family resists betrothal to a worthy suitor, drawn to a charming music teacher of no means. In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older, wealthier partner, hiding his troubled childhood and the fate of his father. And in 2093, in a world riven by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule, a powerful scientist’s damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life without him—and solve the mystery of her husband’s disappearances. These three sections are joined in an enthralling and ingenious symphony, as recurring notes and themes deepen and enrich one another: A townhouse in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village; illness, and treatments that come at a terrible cost; wealth and squalor; the weak and the strong; race; the definition of family, and of nationhood; the dangerous righteousness of the powerful, and of revolutionaries; the longing to find a place in an earthly paradise, and the gradual realization that it can’t exist. What unites not just the characters, but these Americas, are their reckonings with the qualities that make us human: Fear. Love. Shame. Need. Loneliness. TO PARADISE is a fin de siecle novel of marvelous literary effect, but above all it is a work of emotional genius. The great power of this remarkable novel is driven by Yanagihara’s understanding of the aching desire to protect those we love—partners, lovers, children, friends, family and even our fellow citizens—and the pain that ensues when we cannot.