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Island World: A History of Hawai´i and the United States
Gary Y. Okihiro
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Description for Island World: A History of Hawai´i and the United States
Paperback. Depicts Hawai'i's press against the continent, endowing America's story with fresh meaning. This book reveals Hawaiians fighting in the Civil War, sailing on nineteenth-century New England ships, and living in pre-gold rush California. It revises the way we think about islands, oceans, and continents. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 328 pages, 57 b/w photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MKPH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 438.
Brilliantly mixing geology, folklore, music, cultural commentary, and history, Gary Y. Okihiro overturns the customary narrative in which the United States acts upon and dominates Hawai'i. Instead, "Island World" depicts the islands' press against the continent, endowing America's story with fresh meaning. Okihiro's reconsidered history reveals Hawaiians fighting in the Civil War, sailing on nineteenth-century New England ships, and living in pre-gold rush California. He points to Hawai'i's lingering effect on twentieth-century American culture - from surfboards, hula, sports, and films, to art, imagination, and racial perspectives - even as the islands themselves succumb slowly to the continental United States. ... Read more
Brilliantly mixing geology, folklore, music, cultural commentary, and history, Gary Y. Okihiro overturns the customary narrative in which the United States acts upon and dominates Hawai'i. Instead, "Island World" depicts the islands' press against the continent, endowing America's story with fresh meaning. Okihiro's reconsidered history reveals Hawaiians fighting in the Civil War, sailing on nineteenth-century New England ships, and living in pre-gold rush California. He points to Hawai'i's lingering effect on twentieth-century American culture - from surfboards, hula, sports, and films, to art, imagination, and racial perspectives - even as the islands themselves succumb slowly to the continental United States. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
California World History Library
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520261679
SKU
V9780520261679
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About Gary Y. Okihiro
Gary Y. Okihiro is Professor of International and Public Affairs and Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University. His most recent books are Common Ground: Reimagining American History and Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment, with Linda Gordon.
Reviews for Island World: A History of Hawai´i and the United States
"All will come away intrigued and enlightened." Publishers Weekly "A startling perspective and a compelling one."
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