Talking Hawaii's Story : : Oral Histories of an Island People / / ed. by Michiko Kodama-Nishimoto, Cynthia A. Oshiro, Warren Nishimoto.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UHP eBook Package 2000-2013
• HerausgeberIn: Kodama-Nishimoto, Michiko,; Nishimoto, Warren,; Oshiro, Cynthia A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Biography Monographs
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)

Talking Hawaii's Story is the first major book in over a generation to present a rich sampling of the landmark work of Hawaii's Center for Oral History. Twenty-nine extensive oral histories introduce readers to the sights and sounds of territorial Waikiki, to the feeling of community in Palama, in Kona, or on the island of Lanai, and even to the experience of a German national interned by the military government after Pearl Harbor. The result is a collection that preserves Hawaii's social and cultural history through the narratives of the people who lived it-co-workers, neighbors, family members, and friends. An Introduction by Warren Nishimoto and Michi Kodama-Nishimoto provides historical context and information about the selection and collection methods. Photos of the interview subjects accompany each oral history. For further reading, an appendix also provides information about the Center for Oral History's major projects.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- FAUSTINO BAYSA. HAWAIIANO -- ABIGAIL BURGESS AND LILLIAN CAMERON. A FAMILY TRADITION -- AGNES EUN SOON RHO CHUN. PÄLAMA TO PEARL HARBOR -- SEVERO DINSON. KONA IS THE BEST -- HENRY K. DUVAUCHELLE. HARD WORK AND PLEASURES, TOO -- MARTINA KEKUEWA FUENTEVILLA. HÄNAI GRANDDAUGHTER -- ERNEST GOLDEN. LIKE GOING TO HEAVEN -- ALICE SAITO GOUVEIA. A BRAVE ONE -- VENICIA DAMASCO GUIALA. FROM CLASSROOM TO PINEAPPLE FIELD -- ROBERT KIYOSHI HASEGAWA. UNITY OF THE FAMILY -- LEMON "RUSTY" HOLT. THE RASCAL OF WAIKÏKÏ -- JENNIE LEE IN. A BASIC PERSONALITY OF LIKING PEOPLE -- MAE MORITA ITAMURA. AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN -- EMMA KAAWAKAUO. WAIKÏKÏ, IT'S PART OF ME -- ROBERT KAHELE, THE SHARECROPPER -- MOSES W. "MOKE" KEALOHA. PROUD TO BE PÄLAMA -- HELEN FUJIKA KUSUNOKI. FOND MEMORIES OF WAIKÏKÏ -- FREDERICK P. LOWREY. BUILDING A BETTER HAWAI'I -- ERNEST A. MALTERRE, JR. SUGAR PLANTATION MEMORIES -- STANLEY C. MENDES. TOGETHERNESS WAS THERE ALL THE TIME -- FRED HO'OLAE PAOA. MY KÄLIA HOME -- IRENE COCKETT PERRY. INTERWOVEN MEMORIES OF LÄNA'I -- ALFRED PREIS. INTERNED: EXPERIENCES OF AN "ENEMY ALIEN" -- ALEX RUIZ. ALWAYS A REBEL -- JOHN SANTANA. YOU'RE YOUR OWN BOSS, NOBODY BOSS YOU -- ETSUO SAYAMA. CIVILIAN IN WARTIME HAWAI'I -- WILLIE THOMPSON. WORKING COWBOY -- KAZUE IWAHARA UYEDA. THE STORE THAT CARRIED EVERYTHING -- EDITH ANZAI YONENAKA. RECOLLECTIONS FROM THE WINDWARD SIDE -- APPENDIX: CENTER FOR ORAL HISTORY PROJECTS -- BIOGRAPHY MONOGRAPHS