Coverart for item
The Resource Paradise of the Pacific : approaching Hawai'i, Susanna Moore

Paradise of the Pacific : approaching Hawai'i, Susanna Moore

Label
Paradise of the Pacific : approaching Hawai'i
Title
Paradise of the Pacific
Title remainder
approaching Hawai'i
Statement of responsibility
Susanna Moore
Title variation
  • Paradise of the Pacific
  • Approaching Hawai'i
Title variation remainder
approaching Hawaii
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"The history of Hawaii may be said to be the story of arrivals--from the eruption of volcanoes on the ocean floor 18,000 feet below, the first hardy seeds that over millennia found their way to the islands, and the confused birds blown from their migratory routes, to the early Polynesian adventurers who sailed across the Pacific in double canoes, the Spanish galleons en route to the Philippines, and the British navigators in search of a Northwest Passage, soon followed by pious Protestant missionaries, shipwrecked sailors, and rowdy Irish poachers escaped from Botany Bay--all wanderers washed ashore, sometimes by accident. This is true of many cultures, but in Hawaii, no one seems to have left. And in Hawaii, a set of myths accompanied each of these migrants--legends that shape our understanding of this mysterious place."--
Assigning source
Provided by publisher
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Moore, Susanna
Dewey number
996.9
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • portraits
Index
index present
LC call number
DU627
LC item number
.M66 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Social change
  • Culture conflict
  • Acculturation
  • Legends
  • Hawaii
  • Hawaii
  • Hawaii
  • Hawaii
Target audience
adult
Label
Paradise of the Pacific : approaching Hawai'i, Susanna Moore
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-266, 279-286) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
303 pages
Isbn
9780374298777
Lccn
2015002967
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps, portraits
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn909538017
  • (Sirsi) o909538017
  • (OCoLC)909538017
Label
Paradise of the Pacific : approaching Hawai'i, Susanna Moore
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-266, 279-286) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
303 pages
Isbn
9780374298777
Lccn
2015002967
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps, portraits
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn909538017
  • (Sirsi) o909538017
  • (OCoLC)909538017

Library Locations

    • Des Plaines Public LibraryBorrow it
      1501 Ellinwood Street, Des Plaines, IL, 60016, US
      42.041061 -87.886650