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Island world : a history of Hawai'i and the United States / Gary Y. Okihiro.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.Description: xiv, 308 p. : ill., maps 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780520261679
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DU 625 .Ok3 2008
Summary: 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
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American Learning Resource American Learning Resource Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center DU 625 .Ok3 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 9ALRC201100760

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

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