The Island Edge of America: A Political History of Hawaii 9780824864781

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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Timeline
Chapter 1. The Edge
Chapter 2. The Tensions of Annexation
Chapter 3. The Japanese Migration
Chapter 4. Prewar Change
Chapter 5. When Time Began
Chapter 6. The ESC and the Modern Democratic Party
Chapter 7. The Island Democratic Party
Chapter 7. The Island Democratic Party
Chapter 9. In the Middle
Chapter 10. The First Japanese American Governor
Chapter 11. Special Place
Chapter 12. The Pacific and Asia
Chapter 13. Native Hawaiians in the New Hawai‘i
Chapter 14. Democratic Reinventions: Status Quo and Change
Chapter 15. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

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