It begins with the night of the incident and an explanation of whites versus the non-white population’s interactions and from there follows a loose chronology of the incidents after it, along with relevant commentary of the social climate of Hawaii at the time. Rosa includes quotes from outside sources not directly a part of the case, related incidents, descriptions of the local people, the US military, and recent white immigrants into Hawaii. The book is then completed with a detailing of the aftermath of the Massie case, such as the works of fiction and nonfiction that came about from it, the lives of the people involved in the case, the direct impact created by the case, and how people should go about learning and understanding the case in the present
It begins with the night of the incident and an explanation of whites versus the non-white population’s interactions and from there follows a loose chronology of the incidents after it, along with relevant commentary of the social climate of Hawaii at the time. Rosa includes quotes from outside sources not directly a part of the case, related incidents, descriptions of the local people, the US military, and recent white immigrants into Hawaii. The book is then completed with a detailing of the aftermath of the Massie case, such as the works of fiction and nonfiction that came about from it, the lives of the people involved in the case, the direct impact created by the case, and how people should go about learning and understanding the case in the present