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Island World: A History of Hawai'i and the United Statesvolume 8

by Gary Y. Okihiro
Island World: A History of Hawai'i and the United Statesvolume 8

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ISBN13: 9780520261679
ISBN10: 0520261674



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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 cultureand#151;from surfboards, hula, sports, and films, to art, imagination, and racial perspectivesand#151;even as the islands themselves succumb slowly to the continental United States. In placing Hawai'i at the center of the national story, Island World rejects the premise that continents comprise "natural" states while islands are "tiny spaces," without significance, to be acted upon by continents. An astonishingly compact tour de force, this book not only revises the way we think about islands, oceans, and continents, it also recasts the way we write about space and time.

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and#8220;All will come away intrigued and enlightened.and#8221;

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and#8220;A startling perspective and a compelling one.and#8221;

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“A startling perspective and a compelling one.” John Whitehead

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"This quirky, brilliant book gives the reader the thrill of cultural history done well. Okihiro undertakes a conventional topic in a jarring way, avoiding the assumption of set boundaries of nations and human societies."and#151;Henry Yu, author of Thinking Orientals: Migration, Contact, and Exoticism in Modern America

"This beautifully written book integrates the history of Hawai'i into that of the U.S. better than any other I have ever read." and#151;Patricia Seed, author of American Pentimento: The Invention of Indians and the Pursuit of Riches


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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.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Regions of Fire

2. Oceania's Expanse

3. Pagan Priest

4. Schooling for Subservience

5. Hawaiian Diaspora

6. Poetry in Motion

7. Islands and Continents

Notes

Bibliography

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ISBN:
9780520261679
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
08/11/2008
Publisher:
University of California Press
Series info:
California World History Library
Language:
English
Pages:
328
Height:
.83IN
Width:
6.49IN
Thickness:
.88 in.
LCCN:
2007044588
Series:
California World History Library
Series Number:
8
Number of Units:
1
Illustration:
Yes
Copyright Year:
2009
Series Volume:
08
UPC Code:
2800520261671
Author:
Gary Okihiro
Author:
Gary Y. Okihiro
Subject:
Oceania
Subject:
Folklore -- Hawaii.
Subject:
Hawaii History.
Subject:
World History-General

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