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Author Schachter, Judith, 1941-

Title The legacies of a Hawaiian generation : from territorial subject to American citizen / Judith Schachter
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2013

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Contents Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction -- A Perspective on Hawai'i-US Relations; Chapter 1 -- Living on the Land: Malama'aina from Past to Present; Chapter 2 -- ""Educating the Polynesian American"": Two Worlds of Learning; Chapter 3 -- Work, War, and Loyalty: The Impact of World War II; Chapter 4 -- Making a Way, Building a Family: Preserving 'Ohana in an American State; Chapter 5 -- ""Stand Fast and Continue"": Homestead Generations and the Future; Epilogue; Glossary of Selected Terms; Bibliography; Index
Summary Through the voices and perspectives of the members of an extended Hawaiian family, or òhana, this book tells the story of North American imperialism in Hawaiì from the Great Depression to the new millennium. The family members offer their versions of being "Native Hawaiian" in an American state, detailing the ways in which US laws, policies, and institutions made, and continue to make, an impact on their daily lives. The book traces the ways that Hawaiian values adapted to changing conditions under a Territorial regime and then after statehood. These conditions involved claims for land fo
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Hawaiians -- Kinship
Social values -- Hawaii
Statehood (American politics) -- History
Imperialism -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Ethnicity
Imperialism
Politics and government
Race relations
Social values
Statehood (American politics)
SUBJECT Hawaiians -- Ethnic identity
Hawaiians -- Government relations
United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410
United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
Subject Hawaii
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781782380122
1782380124
1299863108
9781299863101