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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790423803321

Autore

Schachter Judith <1941->

Titolo

The legacies of a Hawaiian generation : from territorial subject to American citizen / / Judith Schachter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2013

ISBN

1-78238-012-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Disciplina

305.899/42073

Soggetti

Hawaiians - Kinship

Hawaiians - Ethnic identity

Hawaiians - Government relations

Social values - Hawaii

Statehood (American politics) - History

Imperialism - United States - History

United States Politics and government

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction - A Perspective on Hawai'i-US Relations; Chapter 1 - Living on the Land: Malama'aina from Past to Present; Chapter 2 - ""Educating the Polynesian American"": Two Worlds of Learning; Chapter 3 - Work, War, and Loyalty: The Impact of World War II; Chapter 4 - Making a Way, Building a Family: Preserving 'Ohana in an American State; Chapter 5 - ""Stand Fast and Continue"": Homestead Generations and the Future; Epilogue; Glossary of Selected Terms; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Through the voices and perspectives of the members of an extended Hawaiian family, or `ohana, this book tells the story of North American imperialism in Hawai`i from the Great Depression to the new millennium. The family members offer their versions of being "Native Hawaiian" in an American state, detailing the ways in which US laws, policies, and institutions made, and continue to make, an impact on their daily lives. The book traces the ways that Hawaiian values adapted to changing conditions under a Territorial regime and then after



statehood. These conditions involved claims for land for