Relative to the other habited places on our planet, Hawai‘i has a very short history. The Hawaiian archipelago was the last major land area on the planet to be settled, with Polynesians making t
In Unsustainable Empire Dean Itsuji Saranillio offers a bold challenge to conventional understandings of Hawai‘i’s admission as a U.S. state. Hawai‘i statehood is popularly remembere
In Unsustainable Empire Dean Itsuji Saranillio offers a bold challenge to conventional understandings of Hawai‘i’s admission as a U.S. state. Hawai‘i statehood is popularly remembere
In Paradoxes of Hawaiian Sovereignty J. Kehaulani Kauanui examines contradictions of indigeneity and self-determination in U.S. domestic policy and international law. She theorizes paradoxes in the la
In Paradoxes of Hawaiian Sovereignty J. Kehaulani Kauanui examines contradictions of indigeneity and self-determination in U.S. domestic policy and international law. She theorizes paradoxes in the la
This ambitious volume assembled by scholar David W. Forbes features a collection of ninety-two previously unpublished letters, as well as excerpts from two diaries, written between 1881–1885 by Hawaii
In The Power of the Steel-tipped Pen Noenoe K. Silva reconstructs indigenous intellectual history of a culture where—using Western standards—none is presumed to exist. Silva examines the work of two l
In The Power of the Steel-tipped Pen Noenoe K. Silva reconstructs indigenous intellectual history of a culture where—using Western standards—none is presumed to exist. Silva examines the work of two l
In 1893 a small group of white planters and missionary descendants backed by the United States overthrew the Kingdom of Hawaii and established a government modeled on the Jim Crow South. InNation With
For many new indigenous scholars, the start of academic research can be an experience rife with conflict in many dimensions. Though there are a multitude of approaches to research and inquiry, many of
The long-awaited follow-up to Rage for Fame, Sylvia Jukes Morris’s Price of Fame tells the story of the full flowering of the life of an American icon: the beautiful, brilliant, tormented, and ambitio
How can more of us protect and create waiwai, value, for coming generations?Culturally-rich education. Holistic health systems. Organic farming and aquaculture. Creative and conscious urban developmen
This book consists of selected and edited letters from Hawaii during the revolution period (1890-1893) by Carrie Prudence Winter, a young missionary teacher at Kawaiahao Seminary in Honolulu describin
Tracing the origins of the Hawaiians and other Polynesians back to the shores of the South China Sea, archaeologist Patrick Vinton Kirch follows their voyages of discovery across the Pacific in this f
From Puritans to heathens-Sarah Vowell takes on Hawaii in this New York Times bestseller. Of all the countries the United States invaded or colonized in 1898, Sarah Vowell considers the story of the
