LEADER 04611oam 22005294a 450 001 9910324957603321 005 20250905110026.0 010 $a0-8248-7904-X 035 $a(CKB)4100000008343252 035 $a(OCoLC)1053885991 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse70579 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32223011 035 $a(ODN)ODN0011420243 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32223011 035 $a(OCoLC)1531322942 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008343252 100 $a19831227d1984 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLast Among Equals$eHawaiian Statehood and American Politics /$fRoger Bell 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aHonolulu :$cUniversity of Hawaii Press,$d1984. 210 4$d©1984. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 377 p.) 300 $aIncludes indexes. 311 08$a0-8248-0847-9 320 $aBibliography: p. [347]-364. 327 $aIntro -- LAST AMONG EQUALS -- Last Among Equals -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Toward Annexation -- Foreign Penetration and Settlement -- Hawaii and the Debate Over American Empire -- Revolution: End of the Monarchy -- Annexation -- Incorporated but Not Equal, 1898-1941 -- Incorporating the Island Territory -- Early Ambivalence Over Statehood -- Seeds of the Statehood Drive -- The Long Campaign Begins -- The Tests of War -- The Japanese Dilemma -- Legacies of War and Military Rule -- Postwar Hawaii: An Americanized Community? -- Acculturation: Patterns and Processes -- The Limits of Structural Assimilation -- Issues Confused, 1946-1950: Civil Rights, Party Politics, and Communism -- An Optimistic Campaign -- The Conservative Coalition Surfaces: Eightieth Congress -- Real Obstacles: The South, Civil Rights, and Statehood -- Red Herrings: The Communist Issue and Statehood -- Cynical Politics: Eighty-first Congress -- A Constitution in Search of a State -- Politics of Nonaction, 1951-1956 -- Eighty-second Congress, 1951-1952 -- Eighty-third Congress, 1953-1954 -- Eighty-fourth Congress, 1955-1956 -- Disenchantment at Home -- Compromise Politics: Alaska First -- A New Delegate and New Tactics in Washington -- Civil Rights and Statehood: The End of Massive Resistance? -- Hawaii Delayed: A Realistic Concession -- Fiftieth State -- Statehood 1959: Still a Divisive Issue -- Congress Finally Acts -- Last Steps to Equal Status -- Conclusion: "We All Haoles?" -- Appendixes -- APPENDIX 1 -- First Representative District -- Second Representative District -- Third Representative District -- Fourth Representative District -- Fifth Representative District -- Sixth Representative District -- APPENDIX 2 -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- 1 Introduction -- Chapter 1: Toward Annexation -- Chapter 2: Incorporated but Not Equal, 1898-1941. 327 $aChapter 3: The Tests of War -- Chapter 4: Postwar Hawaii: An Americanized Community? -- Chapter 5: Issues Confused, 1946-1950: Civil Rights, Party Politics, and Communism -- Chapter 6: A Constitution in Search of a State -- Chapter 7: Politics of Nonaction, 1951-1956 -- Chapter 8: Compromise Politics: Alaska First -- Chapter 9: Fiftieth State -- Conclusion: "We All Haoles?" -- Select Bibliography -- Manuscript and Oral History Sources -- Congressional Documents and U.S. Government Publications -- Hearings: House of Representatives (HH) -- Reports: House of Representatives (HR) -- Hearings: Joint, House-Senate (HH-SH) -- Hearings: Senate (SH) -- Reports: Senate (SR) -- Hawaii Government Publications -- Unpublished Materials and Theses -- Books, Articles in Books, and Pamphlets -- Journal and Magazine Articles -- Newspapers and Articles in Newspapers -- Newspapers -- Scrapbooks and Clippings of Newspaper Material -- Articles. 330 $aLast Among Equals is the first detailed account of Hawaii's quest for statehood.It is a story of struggle and accommodation, of how Hawaii was gradually absorbed into the politcal, economic, and ideological structures of American life. 606 $aStatehood (American politics) 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1953-1961 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1901-1953 607 $aHawaii$xPolitics and government$y1900-1959 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aStatehood (American politics) 676 $a996.9/03 700 $aBell$b Roger J$g(Roger John),$f1947-$01023495 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910324957603321 996 $aLast Among Equals$92431554 997 $aUNINA