Sovereign Sugar: Industry and Environment in Hawai‘i 9780824840242

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
ONE. Waves of Influence
TWO. Sugar’s Ecology
THREE. Four Families
FOUR. Five Companies
FIVE. Agricultural Landscapes
SIX. Plantation Centers
SEVEN. Sugar’s Industrial Complex
EIGHT. Plantation Community
NINE. An Island Tour 1930s
TEN. Planters Organize
ELEVEN. Resource Policy
Conclusion Sugar’s End
appendix 1. Vegetation Zones
appendix 2. Sugar Crop Acreage, Yield, Production, and Employment, 1836–1960
appendix 3. Major Sugarcane Producers in the Pacific and North American Markets, 1880–1940
appendix 4. Missionary Land Purchases of Government/Crown Lands, 1850–1866
appendix 5. Intermarriage of Second-Generation Missionary Families
appendix 5. Intermarriage of Second-Generation Missionary Families
appendix 7. Subsidiary Companies Organized, 1880–1910
appendix 9. Major Water Development Projects
appendix 10. Crown and Government Lands Leased for Sugarcane
appendix 11. Ranches in 1930
Notes
References
Index
About the Author

Polecaj historie

Braided Waters: Environment and Society in Molokai, Hawaii 9780520970656

Braided Waters sheds new light on the relationship between environment and society by charting the history of Hawaii’s M

215 119 5MB Read more

Claus Spreckels: The Sugar King in Hawaii 9780824885144

Claus Spreckels, who built a sugar empire in California and in the Hawaiian Kingdom, died over half a century ago. Much

164 75 67MB Read more

Inside the Sugar Industry [1 ed.] 9781624022982, 9781680783742

Some commodities command massive economic, social, and political influence. This title examines the business around suga

165 99 13MB Read more

Canadian Defence Industry in the New Global Environment 9780773565210

The defence industry in Canada is facing serious challenges. Declining defence expenditures, protectionism in Canada

166 31 12MB Read more

Travels in Hawaii 9780824843663

In 1899 a chartered yacht, the Casco, brought to Honolulu Robert Louis Stevenson and his family. The writer was then alr

165 71 50MB Read more

Alberta Oil Sands: Energy, Industry and the Environment 9780080977676

At 170 billion barrels, Canada's Oil Sands are the third largest reserves of developable oil in the world. The Oil

179 97 13MB Read more

Sea of Opportunity: The Japanese Pioneers of the Fishing Industry in Hawaii 9780824854850

Sea of Opportunity: The Japanese Pioneers of the Fishing Industry in Hawaii is a part historical and a part ethnographic

185 50 2MB Read more

Blockchain Technology For Industry 4.0: Secure, Decentralized, Distributed And Trusted Industry Environment 9811511365, 9789811511363, 9789811511370

This book explores recent advances in blockchain technology and its impact on Industry 4.0 via advanced technologies. It

1,862 184 5MB Read more

A Pacific Industry: The History of Pineapple Canning in Hawaii 9780755698400, 9781848855960

The Hawaiian pineapple industry emerged in the late nineteenth century as part of an attempt to diversify the Hawaiian e

252 73 6MB Read more

Jack London and Hawaii - The Adventures of Charmian and Jack London in Hawaii 1906393087, 9781906393083

Charmian Kittredge was Jack London's second wife. She was fearless and game for any adventure and Jack found her a

206 57 603KB Read more