Reworking Race: The Making of Hawaii's Interracial Labor Movement

by Moon-kie Jung

Book Overview

In the middle decades of the twentieth century, Hawai'i changed rapidly from a conservative oligarchy firmly controlled by a Euro-American elite to arguably the most progressive part of the United States. Spearheading the shift, tens of thousands of sugar, pineapple, and longshore workers eagerly joined the left-led International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU) and challenged their powerful employers.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231135351
• ISBN13: 9780231135351
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher