Books Reviewed in The Hawaiian Journal of History
A
- Abbott, Isabella Aiona
- La‘au Hawai‘i: Traditional Hawaiian Use of Plants (Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1992). Reviewed by Benjamin C. Stone and S. H. Sohmer. 27 (1993): 251–252.
- Adler, Jacob, and Robert M. Kamins
- The Fantastic Life of Walter Murray Gibson, Hawaii's Minister of Everything (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1986). Reviewed by George Simson. 21 (1987): 171–175.
- Alailima, Fay
- Aggie Grey: A Samoan Saga (Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, 1988). Reviewed by Gay Sibley. 23 (1989): 268–271.
- Allen, Helena G.
- Sanford Ballard Dole: Hawaii's Only President, 1844–1926 (Glendale, Calif.: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1988). Reviewed by Alfred L. Castle. 23 (1989): 259–262.
- Andrade, Ernest, Jr.
- Unconquerable Rebel: Robert W. Wilcox and Hawaiian Politics, 1880–1903 (Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1996). Reviewed by Patricia M. Alvarez. 31 (1997): 219–223.
- Andrews, J. R. H.
- The Southern Ark: Zoological Discovery in New Zealand 1769–1900 (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1988). Reviewed by E. Alison Kay. 22 (1988): 262–264.
- Anglade, M. G. Bosseront d'
- A Tree in Bud: The Hawaiian Kingdom, 1889–1893 (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1987). Reviewed by Charles S. Bouslog. 22 (1988): 277–281.
- Asato, Noriko
- Teaching Mikadoism: The Attack on Japanese Language Schools in Hawaii, California, and Washington, 1919-1927 (Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2006). Reviewed by Eileen H. Tamura. 40 (2006): 206–207.
B
- Bacchilega, Cristina
- Legendary Hawai‘i and the Politics of Place: Tradition, Translation, and Tourism (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007). Reviewed by Rob Wilson. 42 (2008): 319-322.
- Bailey, Beth, and David Farber
- The First Strange Place: The Alchemy of Race and Sex in World War II Hawaii (New York: Free Press, 1992). Reviewed by Dan Boylan. 28 (1994): 163-164.
- Barman, Jean, and Bruce Mcintyre Watson
- Leaving Paradise: Indigenous Hawaiians in the Pacific Northwest, 1787–1898 (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2006). Reviewed by Hokulani K. Aikau. 42 (2008): 291–294.
- Barratt, Glynn
- The Russian Discovery of Hawai`i: The Ethnographic and Historic Record (Honolulu: Editions Limited, 1987). Reviewed by Basil Dmytryshyn. 23 (1989): 251-253.
- The Russian View of Honolulu, 1809-1826 (Ottawa: Carleton University Press, 1988). Reviewed by Basil Dmytryshyn. 23 (1989): 251-253.
- Beamer, Nona
- Na Mele Hula: A Collection of Hawaiian Hula Chants, vol. 1 (La`ie, Hawaii: Institute for Polynesian Studies, Brigham Young University-Hawaii Campus, 1987). Reviewed by Elizabeth Tatar. 22 (1988): 281-283.
- Beechert, Edward D.
- Honolulu: Crossroads of the Pacific (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1991). Reviewed by David A. Chappell. 26 (1992): 279-281.
- Working in Hawaii: A Labor History (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1985). Reviewed by Thomas K. Hitch. 20 (1986): 229-231.
- Berry, Paul
- All Men Are Brothers: The Life & Times of Francis Williams Damon (Honolulu: Cyril Press, 2005). Reviewed by Bob Dye. 41 (2007): 179–181.
- Bingham, Hiram
- Selected Writings of Hiram Bingham 1814–1869. Missionary to the Hawaiian Islands: To Raise the Lord's Banner (Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 1988). Reviewed by John Garrett. 23 (1989): 253–255.
- Blackford, Mansel
- Fragile Paradise: The impact of Tourism on Maui, 1959–2000 (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2001). Reviewed by Gail Ainsworth. 36 (2002): 163–165
- Boelen, Jacobus
- A Merchant's Perspective: Captain Jacobus Boelen's Narrative of His Visit to Hawai`i in 1828 (Honolulu: Hawaiian Historical Society, 1988). Reviewed by Jane Silverman. 22 (1988): 271–274.
- Boylan, Dan, and T. Michael Holmes
- John A. Burns: The Man and his Times (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2000). Reviewed by Tom Coffman. 35 (2001): 149–151.
- Britsch, R. Lanier
- Moramona: The Mormons in Hawaii (Laie, Hawaii: Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1989). Reviewed by James F. Cartwright. 24 (1990): 205–206.
- Brown, DeSoto
- Hawaii Goes to War: Life in Hawaii from Pearl Harbor to Peace (Honolulu: Editions Limited, 1989). Reviewed by Bertrand Kobayashi. 24 (1990): 208–209.
- Buck, Elizabeth
- Paradise Remade: The Politics of Culture and History in Hawai`i (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1993). Reviewed by Kevin M. Roddy. 28 (1994): 167-169.
- Budnick, Rich
- Hawaii's Forgotten History 1900–1999: The Good . . . the Bad . . . the Embarrassing (Honolulu: Aloha Press, 2005). Reviewed by Brian Richardson. 40 (2006): 218–220.
- Burlin, Paul T.
- Imperial Maine and Hawai‘i: Interpretative Essays in the History of Nineteenth-Century American Expansion (Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2006). Reviewed by Jennifer Fish Kashay. 42 (2008): 294–296.
- Burlingame, Burl
- Advance Force Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Navy's Underwater Assault on America (Kailua, Hawaii: Pacific Monograph, 1992). Reviewed by Dan Boylan. 27 (1993): 252-254.
- Bushnell, O. A.
- The Gifts of Civilization: Germs and Genocide in Hawaii (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1993). Reviewed by Alfred W. Crosby. 28 (1994): 169-171.
C
- Cahill, Emmett
- Hawaiian Stamps: An Illustrated History (Volcano, Hawaii: Orchid Isle Publishers, 1987). Reviewed by Ray E. Cubberly. 23 (1989): 256–258.
- The Shipmans of East Hawai‘i (Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 1996). Reviewed by Sandra Wagner-Wright. 31 (1997): 223-224.
- Campbell, Ian
- A History of the Pacific Islands (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989). Reviewed by Karen M. Peacock. 25 (1991): 211-212.
- Castle, Alfred L.
- A Century of Philanthropy: A History of the Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation (Honolulu: Hawaiian Historical Society, 1992). Reviewed by Bob Krauss. 27 (1993): 254-255.
- Chang, Thelma; Robert W. Bone; and John M. Black
- Hawai`i ka `oihana hokele: The History of Hawai`i's Hotel Industry 1840s-1990 (Honolulu: Trade Publishing, 1990). Reviewed by Robert C. Schmitt. 25 (1991): 219-220.
- Chapin, Helen Geracimos
- Shaping History: The Role of Newspapers in Hawai`i (Honolulu: University of Hawai`i Press, 1996). Reviewed by Ronn Ronck. 31 (1997): 224-228.
- Chaplin, George
- Presstime in Paradise: The Life and Times of the Honolulu Advertiser, 1856-1995 (Honolulu: University of Hawai`i Press, 1998). Reviewed by Helen Geracimos Chapin. 33 (1999): 213-215.
- Charlot, John
- The Kamapua`a Literature: The Classical Traditions of the Hawaiian Pig God as a Body of Literature (La`ie, Hawaii: Institute for Polynesian Studies, Brigham Young University-Hawaii Campus, 1984). Reviewed by Esther T. Mookini. 22 (1988): 261.
- Cheever, David; Scott Cheever; Janine S. Clifford; Frank S. Haines; and Douglas Peebles
- Pōhaku: The Art & Architecture of Stonework in Hawai‘i (Honolulu: Editions Limited, 2003). Reviewed by Dennis P. Doordan. 38 (2004): 200–202.
- Cisco, Dan
- Hawaii Sports: History, Facts, Statistics(Honolulu: University of Hawai`i Press, 1999). Reviewed by James Joseph Donovan III. 34 (2000): 219-220.
- Clarke, Thurston
- Pearl Harbor Ghosts: A Journey to Hawaii, Then and Now (New York: William Morrow, 1991). Reviewed by James F. Cartwright. 26 (1992): 285–289.
- Coffman, Tom
- Nation Within: The Story of America's Annexation of the Nation of Hawai'i (Kane'ohe, Hawai'i: Epicenter, 1998). Reviewed by Jonathan K. Osorio. 33 (1999): 215–220.
- Cooper, George, and Gavan Daws
- Land and Power in Hawaii (Honolulu: Benchmark Books, 1985). Reviewed by Dan Boylan. 20 (1986): 238–241.
- Cowan-Smith, Virginia, and Bonnie Domrose Stone
- Aloha Cowboy (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1988). Reviewed by Carol Silva. 23 (1989): 271–272.
- Culliney, John L.
- Islands in a Far Sea: Nature and Man in Hawaii (San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1988). Reviewed by E. Alison Kay. 23 (1989): 237–240.
- Islands in a Far Sea: The Fate of Nature in Hawai'i, rev. ed. (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006). Reviewed by Phyllis Turnbull. 41 (2007): 194–197.
- Cutler, Robert W. P.
- The Mysterious Death of Jane Stanford (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2003). Reviewed by Alfred D. Morris. 38 (2004): 195–197.
D
- D’Arcy, Paul
- The People of the Sea: Environment, Identity, and History in Oceania (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2006). Reviewed by Vicente M. Diaz. 42 (2008): 311–315.
- Davenport, William H.
- Pi‘o, An Enquiry into the Marriage of Brothers and Sisters and Other Close Relatives in Old Hawai‘i (Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1994). Reviewed by Rubellite K. Johnson. 30 (1996): 231–235.
- Davis, Lynn Ann
- Photography in Hawai‘i. Special issue of History of Photography 25:3 (2001). Reviewed by Lori Pierce. 36 (2002): 170–178.
- Davis, Lynn Ann, with Nelson Foster
- A Photographer in the Kingdom: Christian J. Hedemann's Early Images of Hawaii (Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1988). Reviewed by Alfred Preis. 23 (1989): 258–259.
- Daws, Gavan
- Hawaii: The Islands of Life (Honolulu: Signature Publishing, 1988). Reviewed by E. Alison Kay. 23 (1989): 237–240.
- Hawaii 1959-1989: The First Thirty Years of the Aloha State with Memorable Photographs from the Honolulu Advertiser (Honolulu: Publishers Group Hawaii, 1989). Reviewed by Jay Hartwell. 24 (1990): 211-213.
- Honolulu: The First Century, The Story of the Town to 1876 (Honolulu: Mutual Publishing Company, 2006). Reviewed by Sandra Wagner-Wright. 42 (2008): 289–291.
- Prisoners of the Japanese (New York: William Morrow, 1994). Reviewed by Donald W. Boose, Jr. 29 (1995): 189-192.
- Day, A. Grove
- Mad about Islands: Novelists of a Vanished Pacific (Honolulu: Mutual Pubishing, 1987). Reviewed by Gay Sibley. 22 (1988): 274-277.
- Dean, Love
- The Lighthouses of Hawai`i (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1991). Reviewed by Earl R. Hinz. 26 (1992): 277-279.
- Dening, Greg
- Mr Bligh's Bad Language: Passion, Power and Theatre on the Bounty (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992). Reviewed by Charles E. Frankel. 27 (1993): 256-257.
- Denoon, Donald, with Stewart Firth, Jocelyn Linnekin, Malama Maleisea, and Karen Nero
- The Cambridge History of the Pacific Islanders (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997). Reviewed by Rod Edmond. 32 (1998): 207-210.
- Desmond, Jane C.
- Staging Tourism: Bodies on Display from Waikiki to Sea World (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999). Reviewed by Phyllis Turnbull. 35 (2001): 153–158.
- Donohugh, Donald
- The Story of Koloa, A Kaua‘i Plantation Town (Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, 2001). Reviewed by Andrew F. Bushnell. 36 (2002): 166–170.
- Dotts, Cecil K., and Mildred Sikkema
- Challenging the Status Quo: Public Education in Hawaii, 1840–1980 (Honolulu: Hawaii Education Association, 1994). Reviewed by Eileen H. Tamura. 29 (1995): 192–193.
- Druett, Joan
- Exotic Intruders: The Introduction of Plants and Animals Into New Zealand (Auckland: Heinemann, 1983). Reviewed by E. Alison Kay. 21 (1987): 161–164.
- She Was a Sister Sailor: The Whaling Journals of Mary Brewster, 1845–1851 (Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1992). Reviewed by Jane Silverman. 28 (1994): 165–166.
- Dukas, Neil Bernard
- A Military History of Sovereign Hawai‘i (Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, 2004). Reviewed by Thomas R. Wolforth. 40 (2006): 201–204.
- Dunmore, John
- Who's Who in Pacific Navigation (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1991). Reviewed by David A. Chappell. 26 (1992): 265–267.
- Dutton, Clarence Edward
- Hawaiian Volcanoes (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2005). Reviewed by Floyd W. McCoy. 41 (2007): 188–190.
- Dye, Bob
- Merchant Prince of the Sandalwood Mountains: Afong and the Chinese in Hawai`i (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997). Reviewed by Loretta Pang. 32 (1998): 210–215.
