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The value of Hawai'i : knowing the past, shaping the future / edited by Craig Howes & Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwo'ole Osorio.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Biography monograph.
- A biography monograph
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quality of life--Hawaii.
- Quality of life.
- Hawaii--Social conditions.
- Hawaii.
- Hawaii--Economic conditions--1959-.
- Hawaii--Politics and government--1959-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (248 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Honolulu : Published for the Biographical Research Center by the University of Hawai'i Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How did we get here? Three-and-a-half-day school weeks. Prisoners farmed out to the mainland. Tent camps for the migratory people experiencing homelessness. A blinkered dependence on tourism and the military for virtually all economic activity. The steady degradation of already degraded land. Contempt for anyone employed in education, health, and social service. An almost theological belief in the evil of taxes.At a time when new leaders will be elected, and new solutions need to be found, the contributors to The Value of Hawai'i outline the causes of our current state and offer points of departure for a Hawai'i-wide debate on our future. The brief essays address a wide range of topics-education, the environment, Hawaiian issues, media, tourism, political culture, law, labor, economic planning, government, transportation, poverty-but the contributors share a belief that taking stock of where we are right now, what we need to change, and what we need to remember is a challenge that all of us must meet.Written for a general audience, The Value of Hawai'i provides a cluster of starting points for a larger community discussion of Hawai'i that should extend beyond the choices of the ballot box this year.Contributors: Carlos Andrade, Chad Blair, Kat Brady, Susan M. Chandler, Meda Chesney-Lind, Lowell Chun-Hoon, Tom Coffman, Sara L. Collins, Marilyn Cristofori, Henry Curtis, Kathy E. Ferguson, Chip Fletcher, Dana Naone Hall, Susan Hippensteele, Craig Howes, Karl Kim, Sumner La Croix, Ian Lind, Melody Kapilialoha MacKenzie, Mari Matsuda, Davianna McGregor, Neal Milner, Deane Neubauer, Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwo'ole Osorio, Charles Reppun, John P. Rosa, D. Kapua'ala Sproat, Ramsay Remigius Mahealani Taum, Patricia Tummons, Phyllis Turnbull, Trisha Kehaulani Watson.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- A Note on the Text and Acknowledgments
- Introduction / Howes, Craig
- Part One: Ka Wehena
- Reinventing Hawai'i / Coffman, Tom
- Hawaiian Issues / Osorio, Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwo'ole
- Part Two: Ka 'Oihana
- The Economy / La Croix, Sumner
- Tourism / Taum, Ramsay Remigius Mahealani
- Agriculture / Reppun, Charles
- The Military / Ferguson, Kathy E. / Turnbull, Phyllis
- Race / Ethnicity / Rosa, John P.
- Labor / Chun-Hoon, Lowell
- Transportation / Kim, Karl
- Part Three: Ke Aupuni
- Government / Blair, Chad
- Law and the Courts / MacKenzie, Melody Kapilialoha
- Public Education / Matsuda, Mari
- University of Hawai'i / Milner, Neal
- Prisons / Chesney-Lind, Meda / Brady, Kat
- Part Four: Ka Nohona
- Social Services / Chandler, Susan M.
- Homelessness / Watson, Trisha Kehaulani
- Domestic Violence / Hippensteele, Susan
- Health and Healthcare / Neubauer, Deane
- Arts / Cristofori, Marilyn
- Journalism / Lind, Ian
- Part Five: Ka'Āina
- Terrestrial Ecosystems / Tummons, Patricia
- Climate Change / Fletcher, Chip
- Energy / Curtis, Henry
- Water / Sproat, D. Kapua'ala
- Sovereign Ground / Hall, Dana Naone
- Historic Preservation / Collins, Sara L.
- Hawaiian Sustainability / McGregor, Davianna Pömaika'i
- Part Six: Ka Puana
- Hā'ena / Andrade, Carlos
- Notes and Further Readings
- Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780824860417
- 0824860411
- 9781441671530
- 1441671536
- OCLC:
- 663886219
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