The peopling of Hawaii / Eleanor C. Nordyke ; foreword by Robert C. Schmitt.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Nordyke, Eleanor C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Population.
• History.
• Hawaii--Population--History.
• Hawaii.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 329 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [1989]

Summary:

Hawai'i's growth and its outlook for the future are viewed in light of recent demographic data and current events and trends in the completely revised and updated edition of The Peopling of Hawai'i.

Contents:

• 1. Early Polynesian Immigrants 3
• 2. The Coming of Westerners and the Depopulation of the Native Hawaiians 13
• 3. Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Immigrants and Admixtures 28
• Hawaiians and Part Hawaiians 30
• Whites 42
• Chinese 52
• Japanese 60
• Blacks 70
• Filipinos 76
• Koreans 84
• Samoans 91
• Other Ethnic Groups 94
• 4. The Demographic Situation 99
• Size and Growth of Population 100
• Ethnicity 104
• Age and Sex Composition 109
• Military Population 113
• Births, Births to Unmarried Mothers, and Abortion Rates 114
• Marriage and Divorce 118
• Death Rates and Life Expectancy 120
• The Elderly Population 122
• Migration 128
• 5. Hawai'i in Transition 134
• Population Projections 135
• Visitor Industry Influence on Population Growth 141
• Evidence of Change 149
• Appendix Demographic Tables 173.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0824811917 :

OCLC:

18815121