History of Hawaii

The goal of the website One Island is directed to inform the reader about the history of food and agriculture in Hawaii. This source helps the reader understand the old ways of life in the ancient Hawaiian times and their self sustainable methods of farming. In this website, the author explains how we can use the land to create a more self sustainable and eco friendly community. The information contained in this source is reliable because they backup their information with studies done by large…

Because Hawaii is known to be a beautiful island, the people are generally going to be represented as beautiful. In the film, Full Metal Jacket, the Vietnamese people are depicted very differently. Since the film takes place in Vietnam (which does not hold the same image as Hawaii to Westerners) the people are not represented as beautiful, but rather the women are completely fetishized. Lutz and…

One of the paramount impacts in Hawaiian history was the Great Mahele of 1848. The Mahele was a land division that was legislated by King Kamehameha III. The Mahele’s purpose was to supply Hawaiians with additional land. Moreover, the Mahele was to halt the foreigners from procuring control over Hawaii. Nevertheless, the foreigners ended up with the preponderance of the land (Cachola). The Mahele benefitted the foreigners because foreigners modified the land system into the one they preferred,…

governments, or simply governments that were not beneficial for America. One of the stories he included was America’s annexation of Hawaii, a massive turning point in our country’s history. However, The way Kinzer writes and retells the story is slightly biased towards the side of the Hawaiians. This makes for a story that may change peoples perspectives on an important piece of history. The Majority of the accounts and sources he credits are Hawaiian, and the U.S. is not as well represented in…

Throughout history of the United States, whenever there was a new “wave” of immigrants they became targets of racial slurs and stereotypes. This is ironic because the United States is supposed to be a melting pot of different races, cultures, and languages. Everyone’s families had to have immigrated to the United States from various other countries around the world. There is no surprise that when the Japanese immigrated to Hawaii, and then to the United States in the latter part of the…

its own share of myths, legends, and folklore that are still alive and well to this day, all because people held culture with an utmost importance. One society that tells stories of nature, life, and everything else in between is the society of Hawaii. Hawaii is located in the Pacific Ocean…

Pearl Harbor is a U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii. It was surprise-attacked by Japanese military on December 7, 1941. Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the base and destroyed and damaged around 20 American naval ships, including eight huge battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. Over 2,400 Americans died in the attack, not only being military but also civilians. Another 1,000 people were wounded by the attack. The following day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt demanded…

of when you think of Hawaii? Do you think of hula dancers, palm trees, pineapples? I’m guessing you think of all of those things, plus some, but I bet you don't think of the alphabet! Hawaii’s alphabet was invented by missionaries long ago, it includes all five vowels, plus the letters h,k,l,m,n,p, and w, that's only 12 letters! But that's not all, there is so much more to learn about this amazing eight island chain. Now you’re probably wondering, well why should I visit Hawaii, there’s nothing…

action, many foreigners came to Hawaii to seek for a better life. People left their homeland due to political, economical, and survival issues. Leaving their homeland by migrating to America was opening the door to opportunity. Since so many people of different ethnicities lived in Hawaii, the Hawaiian culture became diluted, which allowed other ethnicities to throw in a piece of their culture into the local culture. Due to Hawaii’s melting pot, The culture of Hawaii has evolved into one where…

deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” (FDR). President Roosevelt delivered his Infamy Speech the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked. This surprise attack hit the harbor and its surrounding areas on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii. The island was bombed by a contingent of more than 350 Japanese planes and midget submarines (Zimm 152). This was a premeditated military based attack, with Japan’s hope of preventing U.S. naval interference while they conquered southeast…