Book Description
Vol. 1, no. 1 includes a record of the proceedings preliminary to the formation of the Society, in August, 1850.
Author : Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society
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Page : 400 pages
File Size : 32,33 MB
Release : 1854
Category : Agriculture
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Vol. 1, no. 1 includes a record of the proceedings preliminary to the formation of the Society, in August, 1850.
Author : Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society
Publisher :
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 17,31 MB
Release : 1850
Category : Agriculture
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Author : Dawn E. Duensing
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 33,14 MB
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0824854675
Hawai‘i's Scenic Roads examines a century of overland transportation from the Kingdom's first constitutional government until World War II, discovering how roads in the world's most isolated archipelago rivaled those on the U.S. mainland. Building Hawai‘i's roads was no easy feat, as engineers confronted a unique combination of circumstances: extreme isolation, mountainous topography, torrential rains, deserts, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and on Haleakalā, freezing temperatures. By investigating the politics and social processes that facilitated road projects, this study explains that foreign settlers wanted roads to "civilize" the Hawaiians and promote western economic development, specifically agriculture. Once sugar became the dominant driver in the economy, civic and political leaders turned their attention to constructing scenic roads. Viewed as "commercial enterprises," scenic byways became an essential factor in establishing tourism as Hawai‘i's "third crop" after sugar and pineapple. These thoroughfares also served as playgrounds for the islands' elite residents and wealthy visitors who could afford the luxury of carriage driving, and after 1900, motorcars. Duensing's provocative analysis of the 1924 Hawai‘i Bill of Rights reveals that roads played a critical role in redefining the Territory of Hawai‘i's status within the United States. Politicians and civic leaders focused on highway funding to argue that Hawai‘i was an "integral part of the Union," thus entitled to be treated as if it were a state. By accepting this "Bill of Rights," Congress confirmed the territory's claim to access federal programs, especially highway aid. Washington's subsequent involvement in Hawaii increased, as did the islands' dependence on the national government. Federal money helped the territory weather the Great Depression as it became enmeshed in New Deal programs and philosophy. Although primarily an economic protest, the Hawai‘i Bill of Rights was a crucial stepping stone on the path to eventual statehood in 1959. The core of this book is the intriguing tales of road projects that established the islands' most renowned scenic drives, including the Pali Highway, byways around Kīlauea Volcano, Haleakalā Highway, and the Hāna Belt Road. The author's unique approach provides a fascinating perspective for understanding Hawai‘i's social dynamics, as well as its political, environmental, and economic history.
Author : Gregory Rosenthal
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 28,35 MB
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0520295064
Boki's predicament : Sandalwood and the China trade -- Make's dance : Migrant workers and migratory animals -- Kealoha in the Arctic : Whale blubber and human bodies -- Kailiopio and the tropicbird : Life and labor on a Guano Island -- Nahoa's tears : Gold, dreams, and diaspora in California -- Beckwith's Pilikia : "Kanakas" and "Coolies" on Haiku plantation -- Epilogue : Legacies of capitalism and colonialism
Author : Frederick H. Fowler
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Page : 138 pages
File Size : 23,48 MB
Release : 1899
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Author : Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture. Library
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Page : 138 pages
File Size : 34,95 MB
Release : 1899
Category : Agriculture
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 25,40 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Sugar growing
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Author : [Anonymus AC09764867]
Publisher :
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 45,60 MB
Release : 1858
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Author : State Library of Massachusetts
Publisher :
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 15,25 MB
Release : 1858
Category : Libraries
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Author : Smithsonian Institution
Publisher :
Page : 928 pages
File Size : 36,62 MB
Release : 1869
Category : Mollusks
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