Hawai'i Politics and Government: An American State in a Pacific World

by Zachary A. Smith and Richard C. Pratt

Book Overview

Hawai'i is in many ways the most unique of the American states. Distinguished by its unusual beauty, ethnic diversity, and lingering image as a paradise, Hawai'i is special for other important, but less apparent, reasons. It is the only American state to have evolved from a kingdom, the only state with no jurisdictions below the level of county, the only state in which Caucasians have never been in the majority, and the only state whose historic identity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080328750X
• ISBN13: 9780803287501
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"