The Value of Hawaii: Knowing the Past, Shaping the Future
Editors: Craig Howes &Ā Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwoāole Osorio | Contributors: various | Paperback
How did we get here? Three-and-a-half-day school weeks. Prisoners farmed out to the mainland. Tent camps for the migratory homeless. A blinkered dependence on tourism and the military for virtually all economic activity. The steady degradation of already degraded land. Contempt for anyone employed in education, health, and social service. An almost theological belief in the evil of taxes.
At a time when new leaders will be elected, and new solutions need to be found, the contributors to The Value of Hawaiāi outline the causes of our current state and offer points of departure for a Hawaiāi-wide debate on our future. The brief essays address a wide range of topicsāeducation, the environment, Hawaiian issues, media, tourism, political culture, law, labor, economic planning, government, transportation, povertyābut the contributors share a belief that taking stock of where we are right now, what we need to change, and what we need to remember is a challenge that all of us must meet.
Written for a general audience, The Value of Hawaiāi provides a cluster of starting points for a larger community discussion of Hawaiāi that should extend beyond the choices of the ballot box this year.
Contributors: Carlos Andrade, Chad Blair, Kat Brady, Susan M. Chandler, Meda Chesney-Lind, Lowell Chun-Hoon, Tom Coffman, Sara L. Collins, Marilyn Cristofori, Henry Curtis, Kathy E. Ferguson, Chip Fletcher, Dana Naone Hall, Susan Hippensteele, Craig Howes, Karl Kim, Sumner La Croix, Ian Lind, Melody Kapilialoha MacKenzie, Mari Matsuda, Davianna McGregor, Neal Milner, Deane Neubauer, Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwoāole Osorio, Charles Reppun, John P. Rosa, D. Kapuaāala Sproat, Ramsay Remigius Mahealani Taum, Patricia Tummons, Phyllis Turnbull, Trisha Kehaulani Watson.
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Editors: Craig Howes &Ā Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwoāole Osorio | Contributors: various | Paperback
How did we get here? Three-and-a-half-day school weeks. Prisoners farmed out to the mainland. Tent camps for the migratory homeless. A blinkered dependence on tourism and the military for virtually all economic activity. The steady degradation of already degraded land. Contempt for anyone employed in education, health, and social service. An almost theological belief in the evil of taxes.
At a time when new leaders will be elected, and new solutions need to be found, the contributors to The Value of Hawaiāi outline the causes of our current state and offer points of departure for a Hawaiāi-wide debate on our future. The brief essays address a wide range of topicsāeducation, the environment, Hawaiian issues, media, tourism, political culture, law, labor, economic planning, government, transportation, povertyābut the contributors share a belief that taking stock of where we are right now, what we need to change, and what we need to remember is a challenge that all of us must meet.
Written for a general audience, The Value of Hawaiāi provides a cluster of starting points for a larger community discussion of Hawaiāi that should extend beyond the choices of the ballot box this year.
Contributors: Carlos Andrade, Chad Blair, Kat Brady, Susan M. Chandler, Meda Chesney-Lind, Lowell Chun-Hoon, Tom Coffman, Sara L. Collins, Marilyn Cristofori, Henry Curtis, Kathy E. Ferguson, Chip Fletcher, Dana Naone Hall, Susan Hippensteele, Craig Howes, Karl Kim, Sumner La Croix, Ian Lind, Melody Kapilialoha MacKenzie, Mari Matsuda, Davianna McGregor, Neal Milner, Deane Neubauer, Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwoāole Osorio, Charles Reppun, John P. Rosa, D. Kapuaāala Sproat, Ramsay Remigius Mahealani Taum, Patricia Tummons, Phyllis Turnbull, Trisha Kehaulani Watson.
