Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Aloha Betrayed: Native Hawaiian Resistance To American ColonialismISBN13:9780822333494ISBN10:082233349XAuthor:Silva, Noenoe K. (Author)Description:In 1897, As A White Oligarchy Made Plans To Allow The United States To Annex Hawai'i, Native Hawaiians Organized A Massive Petition Drive To Protest Ninety-Five Percent Of The Native Population Signed The Petition, Causing The Annexation Treaty To Fail In The U S Senate This Event Was Unknown To Many Contemporary Hawaiians Until Noenoe K Silva Rediscovered The Petition In The Process Of Researching This Book With Few Exceptions, Histories Of Hawai'i Have Been Based Exclusively On English-Language Sources They Have Not Taken Into Account The Thousands Of Pages Of Newspapers, Books, And Letters Written In The Mother Tongue Of Native Hawaiians By Rigorously Analyzing Many Of These Documents, Silva Fills A Crucial Gap In The Historical Record In So Doing, She Refutes The Long-Held Idea That Native Hawaiians Passively Accepted The Erosion Of Their Culture And Loss Of Their Nation, Showing That They Actively Resisted Political, Economic, Linguistic, And Cultural Domination Drawing On Hawaiian-Language Texts, Primarily Newspapers Produced In The Nineteenth Century And Early Twentieth, Silva Demonstrates That Print Media Was Central To Social Communication, Political Organizing, And The Perpetuation Of Hawaiian Language And Culture A Powerful Critique Of Colonial Historiography, Aloha Betrayed Provides A Much-Needed History Of Native Hawaiian Resistance To American Imperialism Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:DUKE UNIV PRPublication Date:2004-09-07Weight:0.83 lbsDimensions:0.66'' H x 9'' L x 5.98'' WNumber of Pages:260Language:English
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Book Title: Aloha Betrayed : Native Hawaiian Resistance to American Colonialism
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.2in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Noenoe K. Silva
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Idaho, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Imperialism, International Relations / General, American Government / State, Oceania
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication Year: 2004
Genre: History, Political Science
Item Weight: 13.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
