Hawaii: Gem of the Pacific

U.S. Landmark Books #49

by Oscar Lewis, Stephen Medvey (Illustrator)

In good condition with securely attached covers. No torn or missing pages and no stains. Shows light storage wear on edges of cover.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

183 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1954

About the author

Oscar Lewis was born in New York City in 1914, and grew up on a small farm in upstate New York. He received his PhD in anthropology from Columbia University in 1940, and taught at Brooklyn College and Washington University before helping to found the anthropology department at the University of Illinois, where he was a professor from 1948 until his death. From his first visit to Mexico in 1943, Mexican peasants and city dwellers were among his major interests. In addition to The Children of Sanchez, his other studies of Mexican life include Life in a Mexican Village, Five Families, Pedro Martinez, and A Death in the Sanchez Family. He is also the author of La Vida: A Puerto Rican Family in the Culture of Poverty—San Juan and New York, which won the National Book Award, and Living the Revolution: An Oral History of Contemporary Cuba, with his wife, Ruth Maslow Lewis, and Susan M. Rigdon. Lewis also published widely in both academic journals and popular periodicals such as Harper’s Magazine. Some of his best-known articles were collected in Anthropological Essays (1970). The recipient of many distinguished grants and fellowships, including two Guggenheims, Lewis was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He died in 1970.

Reviews

[Rebekah Morris · Rating 3 out of 5]

While this book was written for younger readers, I found it quite interesting to read as well. How is it that I never realized the Sandwich Islands were actually Hawaii? I enjoyed learning about this state even though this book was published before Hawaii became the 50th state.
I would recommend this book to anyone learning about states, or to anyone interested in Hawaii.

[Diba Roshan · Rating 4 out of 5]

اسکار لوئیس در سال ۱۹۱۴ در نیویورک متولد شد و در مزرعه‌ای کوچک در حومه نیویورک بزرگ شد. او در سال ۱۹۴۰ دکتری خود را در رشته انسان‌شناسی از دانشگاه کلمبیا دریافت کرد و در کالج بروکلین و دانشگاه واشنگتن به تدریس پرداخت تا قبل از تأسیس بخش مردم‌شناسی در دانشگاه ایلینوی، از سال ۱۹۴۸ تا زمان مرگ استاد بود. لوئیس به طور گسترده‌ای در مجلات دانشگاهی و نشریات متداول مانند مجله هارپر، مقاله چاپ می‌کرد. وی در سال ۱۹۷۰ درگذشت.
یکی از تألیفات او، کتاب هاوائی، گوهر اقیانوس آرام است که در زیر مجموعه کتاب‌های گردونه تاریخ قراره گرفته است.
هاوایی مجموعه جزایری است که در اقیانوس آرام قرار گرفته است. جزایری با سواحلی خوشرنگ و چشم‌اندازهای طبیعی فوق‌العاده که زیبایی آن در دنیا نظیر ندارد. این جزایر توسط ناخدا جیمز کوک به جهانیان شناسانده شد. قبل از اینکه هاوائی به عنوان پنجاهمین ایالت آمریکا در نظر گرفته بشود، بیشتر از دو قرن تحت سلطه پادشاهانی مستقل بود و بعد از سرنگونی آخرین پادشاه این جزایر در قلمرو دولت آمریکا قرار گرفت. فصل آخر این کتاب توسط مترجم به کتاب اضافه شده است. این کتاب مصوره و در ۱۳۵ صفحه و قطع رقعی به چاپ رسید و برای گروه سنی ه و بزرگسال مناسب است.

[Ted · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m reading my way through Landmark’s American history books. This is read #116 of this 122 book series. This book was published in 1954, six years before Hawaii became our 50th state. It is an interesting read of the history of this multiple islands state.

[Clinton Sheppard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gives a good history of the islands. A bit dated in the last couple of chapters.

[Chris Gager · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've been looking for the book I used as a sort of familiarization guide for Hawaii and Honolulu when I went there in the Navy in 1968/69. Almost two years altogether. It probably wasn't this one but I wanted to at least pick one that went back a ways and had a cover image. It had a lot of tips about what the reality was and things to look out for and be careful of. Date read is approximate.