Land and Power in Hawaii: The Democratic Years / Edition 1

by George Cooper, Gavan Daws

Overview

Land and Power in Hawaii describes a pervasive way of conducting private and public affairs in which state and local office holders throughout Hawaii took their personal financial interests into account in their actions as public officials.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824813031
Publisher:	University of Hawaii Press, The
Publication date:	01/01/1990
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	528
Sales rank:	441,333
Product dimensions:	6.02(w) x 9.19(h) x 1.19(d)

Editorial Reviews

The most important book published in Hawaii within recent memory.

East West

Packed with relevant facts: how politicians voted on land issues, how officials were connected with investment groups.... For every Hawaii voter and taxpayer, it's solid advice.

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

The closest thing there is to a definitive text on politics in modern Hawaii... This will be a valuable source for the long-term observer and a necessity for newcomers wanting to understand local politics...

The Maui News

Addresses the way langauge is used to express advertising slogans and other popular culture forms. Draws on theories from anthropology, linguistics, media studies, and semiotics to show how such cultural forms as noodle westerns and high school baseball uphold traditional Japanese values. Questions whether the nation is just acting out a part written for it by western civilization. Distributed in Anglo- America by St. Martins Press. Paper edition of the 1985 local bestseller dredging up the sordid details of self-serving on the hazy interface of Hawaii's public and private sector, from the mid-1950's to the mid-1980's, when the Democratic Party held full power. All drawn from public records. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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