The Island Edge of America : : A Political History of Hawaii /

The Island Edge of America : : A Political History of Hawaii / / Tom Coffman.

In his most challenging work to date, journalist and author Tom Coffman offers readers a new and much-needed political narrative of twentieth-century Hawaii. The Island Edge of America reinterprets the major events leading up to and following statehood in 1959: U.S. annexation of the Hawaiian kingdo...

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Coffman, Tom,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2003]
©2003
Year of Publication:2003
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (440 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Timeline
  • Chapter 1. The Edge
  • Chapter 2. The Tensions of Annexation
  • Chapter 3. The Japanese Migration
  • Chapter 4. Prewar Change
  • Chapter 5. When Time Began
  • Chapter 6. The ESC and the Modern Democratic Party
  • Chapter 7. The Island Democratic Party
  • Chapter 7. The Island Democratic Party
  • Chapter 9. In the Middle
  • Chapter 10. The First Japanese American Governor
  • Chapter 11. Special Place
  • Chapter 12. The Pacific and Asia
  • Chapter 13. Native Hawaiians in the New Hawai'i
  • Chapter 14. Democratic Reinventions: Status Quo and Change
  • Chapter 15. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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