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Small Trees for the Tropical Landscape

September 23rd, 2009

by Fred D. Rauch and Paul R. Weissich

Over the past several decades, the U.S. cityscape has changed radically. Large areas have been cleared of natural vegetation to accommodate new development. The “urban forest,” which consists of all city trees, natural and planted, has been severely and negatively impacted. A 2003 study indicates that we are losing through clearing and grading four trees for every one planted. This is a wake-up call for greatly increased planting in the urban forest and the need to popul [...]
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The Arts of Kingship: Hawaiian Art and National Culture of the Kalākaua Era

September 22nd, 2009

by Stacy L. Kamehiro

The Arts of Kingship offers a sustained and detailed account of Hawaiian public art and architecture during the reign of David Kalākaua, the nativist and cosmopolitan ruler of the Hawaiian Kingdom from 1874 to 1891. Stacy Kamehiro provides visual and historical analysis of Kalākaua’s coronation and regalia, the King Kamehameha Statue, ‘Iolani Palace, and the Hawaiian National Museum, drawing them together in a common historical, political, and cultural frame.
These cultural projects [...]
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Who Owns the Crown Lands of Hawai‘i?

September 21st, 2009

by Jon M. Van Dyke

One of the Most Memorable Books of 2008, Honolulu Advertiser

"Definitive. Who Owns the Crown Lands of Hawai‘i? [is] certain to become the standard reference for that question." —The Nation

In this engrossing work, law professor Jon Van Dyke describes and analyzes in detail the complex cultural and legal history of Hawai`i’s Crown Lands. He argues that these lands must be examined as a separate entity and their unique status recognized. Government Lands were created to provid [...]
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Māmaka Kaiao: A Modern Hawaiian Vocabulary

September 21st, 2009

Created and compiled by Kōmike Hua`ōlelo
With support from Hale Kuamo`o  and `Aha Pūnana Leo

As a complement to the Pukui/Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, the 2003 edition of Māmaka Kaiao adds to the 1998 edition more than 1,000 new and contemporary words that are essential to the continuation and growth of ka `ōlelo Hawai`i--the Hawaiian language. Kōmike Hua`ōlelo (Hawaiian Lexicon Committee) was established in 1987 to create words for concepts and material culture unknown in traditional Hawai`i.
"Necessary t [...]
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Hawaiian Dictionary: Hawaiian-English and English-Hawaiian

September 1st, 2009

Hawaiian Dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian (Revised and Enlarged Edition), by Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel H. Elbert
"This standard work of reference... continues offering the happy blend of grammar and lexicon." --American Reference Books Annual

For decades, Hawaiian Dictionary has been the definitive and authoritative work on the Hawaiian language. This indispensible reference volume was enlarged and completely revised in 1986. More than 3,000 new entries were added to the Hawaiian-English section, brin [...]
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