Island world : a history of Hawai'i and the United States /
Okihiro, Gary Y., -1945
Island world : a history of Hawai'i and the United States / Gary Y. Okihiro. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008. - xiv, 308 p. : ill., maps 20 cm.
A Ahmanson Foundation book in the humanities--Jacket flap.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-290) and index.
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.--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." --Patricia Seed, author of "American Pentimento: The Invention of Indians and the Pursuit of Riches" www.alibris.com
9780520261679
Folklore--Hawaii.
Popular culture
DU 625 / .Ok3 2008
Island world : a history of Hawai'i and the United States / Gary Y. Okihiro. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008. - xiv, 308 p. : ill., maps 20 cm.
A Ahmanson Foundation book in the humanities--Jacket flap.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-290) and index.
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.--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." --Patricia Seed, author of "American Pentimento: The Invention of Indians and the Pursuit of Riches" www.alibris.com
9780520261679
Folklore--Hawaii.
Popular culture
DU 625 / .Ok3 2008
