Books Reviewed in The Hawaiian Journal of History
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- Rath, J. Arthur
- Lost Generations: A Boy, A School, A Princess (Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2006). Reviewed by C. Kalani Beyer. 40(2006): 215-218.
- Rehbock, Philip F., ed.
- At Sea with the Scientifics: The Challenger Letters of Joseph Makin (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1992). Reviewed by E. Alison Kay. 28 (1994): 177–178.
- Reinecke, John E.
- The Filipino Piecemeal Sugar Strike of 1924–1925 (Honolulu: University of Hawai`i Press,1996). Reviewed by Charles S. Sasaki. 31 (1997): 233–235.
- Reynolds, Stephen
- Journal of Stephen Reynolds, vol. 1: 1823–1829 (Salem, Mass.: Peabody Museum, 1989). Reviewed by Richard A. Greer. 24 (1990): 203-205.
- Richards, Mary C. Kahulumana
- No Ordinary Man: William Francis Quinn, His Role in Hawaii's History (Honolulu: Hawaii Education Association, 1998). Reviewed by Dan Boylan. 33 (1999): 227–230.
- Richardson, Brian W.
- Longitude and Empire: How Captain Cook's Voyages Changed the World (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2005). Reviewed by Paul D'Arcy. 41 (2007): 173–175.
- Richardson, Jim
- The Honolulu Advertiser's Wildlife of Hawaii (Honolulu: The Honolulu Advertiser, 1986). Reviewed by E. Alison Kay. 21 (1987): 161–164.
- Robson, John
- Captain Cook’s World: Maps of the Life and Voyages of James Cook R.N. (Auckland: Random House, 2000). Reviewed by Eleanor C. Nordyke. 35 (2001): 158–160.
- Rodriggs, Lawrence Reginald
- We Remember Pearl Harbor: Honolulu Civilians Recall the War Years, 1941-1945 (Newark, Calif.: Communications Concepts, 1991). Reviewed by James F. Cartwright. 26 (1992): 285–289.
- Rose, Roger G.
- Reconciling the Past: Two Basketry Ka`ai and the Legendary Liloa and Lonoikamakahiki (Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1992). Reviewed by Davianna Pomaika`i McGregor. 28 (1994): 178–181.
- Rosenberg, Emily S.
- A Date Which Will Live: Pearl Harbor in American Memory (Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2003). Reviewed by Burl Burlingame. 38 (2004): 197–199.
- Ruby, Laura, editor
- Mō‘ili‘ili—The Life of a Community (Honolulu: Mō‘ili‘ili Community Center, 2005). Reviewed by Dawn Duensing. 42 (2008): 308–311.
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- Sahlins, Marshall
- How "Natives" Think: About Captain Cook, For Example (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995). Reviewed by Robert Borofsky. 30 (1996): 241–244.
- Islands of History (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985). Reviewed by Edward Joesting. 20 (1986): 220–222.
- Sandler, Rob
- Architecture in Hawai`i: A Chronological Survey (Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, 1993). Reviewed by William R. Chapman. 28 (1994): 182–185.
- Scarr, Deryck
- The History of the Pacific Islands: Kingdoms of the Reefs (Melbourne: Macmillan, 1990). Reviewed by David A. Chappell. 26 (1992): 265-267.
- Schmitt, Robert C.
- Firsts and Almost Firsts in Hawai‘i (Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 1995). Edited by Ronn Ronck. Reviewed by Dan Boylan. 30 (1996): 244-245.
- Hawai‘i in the Movies: 1898-1959 (Honolulu: Hawaiian Historical Society, 1988). Reviewed by Lynn Ann Davis. 24 (1990): 210.
- Schütz, Albert J.
- Voices of Eden: A History of Hawaiian Language Studies (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1994). Reviewed by Alberta Pualani Hopkins. 29 (1995):205-206.
- Severson, Don R.
- Finding Paradise: Island Art in Private Collections (Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts and University of Hawai‘i Press, 2002). Reviewed by MacKinnon Simpson. 37 (2003): 225–227.
- Sherman, Stuart C.
- Whaling Logbooks and Journals, 1613–1927: An Inventory of Manuscript Records in Public Collections (New York: Garland, 1986). Reviewed by Jane Silverman. 21 (1987): 167–171.
- Silva, Noenoe K.
- Aloha Betrayed: Native Hawaiian Resistance to American Colonialism (Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2004). Reviewed by J. Kēhaulani Kauanui. 39 (2005): 166–168.
- Silverman, Jane L.
- Kaahumanu: Molder of Change (Honolulu: Friends of the Judiciary History Center of Hawaii, 1987). Reviewed by Mari J. Matsuda. 22 (1988): 264–271.
- Simpson, MacKinnon
- WhaleSong: A Pictorial History of Whaling and Hawai`i (Honolulu: Lahaina Whaling Museum and Beyond Words Publishing, 1986). Reviewed by Jane Silverman. 21 (1987): 167–171.
- Simpson, Mackinnon, and John Brizdle
- Streetcar Days in Honolulu: Breezing Through Paradise (Honolulu: JLB Press, 2000). Reviewed by Helen G. Chapin. 36 (2002): 182–186.
- Slackman, Michael
- Target, Pearl Harbor (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1990). Reviewed by James F. Cartwright. 26 (1992): 285–289.
- Smith, Susan L.
- Japanese American Midwives: Culture, Community, and Health Politics, 1880–1950 (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2005). Reviewed by Paul Wermager. 42 (2008): 301–303.
- Sobrero, Gina
- An Italian Baroness in Hawai`i: The Travel Diary of Gino Sobrero, Bride of Robert Wilcox, 1887 (Honolulu: Hawaiian Historical Society, 1991). Reviewed by Ernest Andrade, Jr. 26 (1992): 274–276.
- Sorenson, Betty Dyer
- Born and Raised in Waikiki (Santa Cruz, California: Limu Press, 1995). Reviewed by Helen G. Chapin. 30 (1996): 245–247.
- Stannard, David E.
- Before the Horror: The Population of Hawai`i on the Eve of Western Contact (Honolulu: Social Science Research Institute, University of Hawaii, 1989). Reviewed by Tom Dye. 24 (1990): 193–194.
- Honor Killing: How the Infamous “Massie Affair” Transformed Hawai‘i (New York: Viking, 2005). Reviewed by Al Castle. 40 (2006): 208–212.
- Stauffer, Robert H.
- Kahana: How the Land Was Lost (Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2004). Reviewed by Riley Moffat. 38 (2004): 187–191.
- Steiner, Keith
- Hawai‘i’s Early Territorial Days 1900–1915. Viewed from Vintage Postcards by Island Curio (Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, 2001). Reviewed by Helen G. Chapin. 36 (2002): 182–186.
- Sterling, Elspeth P.
- Sites of Maui (Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1998). Reviewed by Tom Dye. 32 (1998): 226–228.
- Stokes, John F. G.
- Heiau of the Island of Hawaii (Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1991). Reviewed by Carol Silva. 27 (1993): 271.
- Sullivan, Gerard, and Gary Hawes
- Social Process in Hawaii, vol. 31: "The Political Economy of Hawaii" (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1985). Reviewed by Robert C. Schmitt. 20 (1986): 241–243.
- Sumida, Stephen
- And the View from the Shore: Literary Traditions of Hawai`i (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1991). Reviewed by Henry B. Chapin. 26 (1992):267–269.
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- Tabrah, Ruth M.
- Niihau: The Last Hawaiian Island (Kailua, Hawaii: Press Pacifica, 1987). Reviewed by Edward R. Stepien. 22 (1988): 283–287.
- Takabuki, Matsuo
- An Unlikely Revolutionary: Matsuo Takabuki and the Making of Modern Hawaii (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998). Reviewed by Dan Boylan. 33 (1999): 227–230.
- Takemoto, Paul Howard
- Nisei Memories: My Parents Talk about the War Years (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2006). Reviewed by Warren S. Nishimoto. 42 (2008): 303–305.
- Tamura, Eileen H.
- Americanization, Acculturation and Ethnic Identity: The Nisei Generation in Hawaii (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994). Reviewed by Paul Spickard. 28 (1994): 185–188.
- Tatar, Elizabeth
- Strains of Change: The Impact of Tourism on Hawaiian Music (Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1987). Reviewed by Bryan C. Stoneburner. 22 (1988): 287–289.
- Tava, Rerioterai, and Moses K. Keale, Sr.
- Niihau--The Traditions of an Hawaiian Island (Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, 1989). Reviewed by Jay Hartwell. 24 (1990): 211–213.
- Ten Bruggencate, Jan K.
- Hawai‘i’s Pineapple Century: A History of the Crowned Fruit in the Hawaiian Islands (Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, 2004). Reviewed by Duane P. Bartholomew. 39 (2005): 176–177.
