Island World

Island World
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 326
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ISBN-10 : 9780520261679
ISBN-13 : 0520261674
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Island World by : Gary Y Okihiro

Download or read book Island World written by Gary Y Okihiro and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This quirky, brilliant book gives the reader the thrill of cultural history done well. Okihiro undertakes a conventional topic in a jarring way, avoiding the assumption of set boundaries of nations and human societies."—Henry Yu, author of Thinking Orientals: Migration, Contact, and Exoticism in Modern America "This beautifully written book integrates the history of Hawai'i into that of the U.S. better than any other I have ever read." —Patricia Seed, author of American Pentimento: The Invention of Indians and the Pursuit of Riches


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Reprint of the original, first published in 1857.