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UH Press Anniversary Sale On Now
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 6:04am EDT by site administrator
Tags: book sale
From September 1–7 (Hawai‘i Dateline), take 40% off EVERYTHING at our web site: www.uhpress.hawaii.edu. Only prepaid orders taken at the UH Press web site will receive the 40% discount, which appears at checkout. All sales are final; no returns except for defective stock. Quantities are limited to stock on hand. No other discounts or sale [...]
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The Value of Hawai‘i Events in September
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 7:36pm EDT by site administrator
Tags: Hawaii
The Value of Hawai‘i Contributors on Tourism and Historic Preservation Wednesday, September 2, 7:00 am, AM 940 Tune in to Nā ‘Ōiwi ‘Ōlino on KINE 940 AM to listen to Ramsay Remigius Mahealani Taum and Sara Collins. Rebroadcast at 5 pm, and archived online at http://www.naoiwiolino.com. The Economy, Tourism, and Agriculture in Hawai‘i Thursday, September [...]
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Remember, Remember, the First of September
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 4:08pm EDT by site administrator
Tags: book sale
The University of Hawai‘i Press 63rd Anniversary Sale is just around the corner! From September 1–7 (Hawai‘i Dateline), take 40% off EVERYTHING at our web site: www.uhpress.hawaii.edu. Only prepaid orders taken at the UH Press web site will receive the 40% discount. All sales are final; no returns except for defective stock. Quantities are limited [...]
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Save Big on the Atlas of Hawaii
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 6:53pm EDT by site administrator
Tags: Hawaii
Get the hardcover/cloth edition of the award-winning Atlas of Hawai‘i: Third Edition for more than 30% off while supplies last! This essential reference, edited by Sonia P. Juvik, James O. Juvik, and Thomas R. Paradise, is now $51.99. “‘Bigger’ and ‘better’ are probably the most appropriate terms to describe the third edition of this atlas. [...]
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UH Press Authors Featured on PBS-Hawaii’s Long Story Short
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 8:17pm EDT by site administrator
Tags: Hawaii
Earlier this month, Barbara Kawakami, author of Japanese Immigrant Clothing in Hawaii, 1885–1941, “talked story” with Leslie Wilcox, the host of PBS-Hawaii’s Long Story Short. For audio and a transcript of the interview, go to http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/longstory_guests/kawakami.htm. John Clark, whose latest book, Hawaiian Surfing: Traditions from the Past, will be published by UH Press in March [...]
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First in Paperback: Neither Monk Nor Layman
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 7:31pm EDT by site administrator
Tags: Asia
Buddhism comes in many forms, but in Japan it stands apart from all the rest in one most striking way—the monks get married. In Neither Monk nor Layman: Clerical Marriage in Modern Japanese Buddhism, the most comprehensive study of this topic in any language, Richard M. Jaffe addresses the emergence of an openly married clergy [...]
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Shamans, Nostalgias, and the IMF Now Available in Paperback
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 4:53pm EDT by site administrator
Tags: Asia
“Laurel Kendall has written a study of contemporary Korean shamans that is both entertaining and enlightening. Most studies of the topic treat shamans as an anachronistic remnant of the past. Kendall challenges that approach, drawing on several decades of close observation of shamans in action to reveal how shamanism is constantly evolving. It is an [...]
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Coming Soon! The University of Hawai‘i Press 63rd Anniversary Sale
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 3:37pm EDT by site administrator
Tags: book sale
Join us in celebrating 63 years of publishing with our 40% anniversary sale! From September 1–7 (Hawai‘i Dateline), take 40% off EVERYTHING at our web site: www.uhpress.hawaii.edu. Only prepaid orders taken at the UH Press web site will receive the 40% discount. All sales are final; no returns except for defective stock. Quantities are limited [...]
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Aug 23, 26th KOHALA COUNTRY FAIR - Hawi - Big Island of Hawaii - October 2, 2010
Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 5:05pm EDT
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Aug 23, Bob Shaffer, vice president Hawaii Tea Society soilculture@aol.com
Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 2:42am EDT
Please join us for this educational workshop with presentations by Bob Perry of Perry Ag Lab, and Bob Shaffer of Soil Culture Consulting and learn about -
Aug 23, For Life and Liberty in the Land of Aloha
Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 2:41am EDT
ALOHA UPRISING! Saturday, September 11, 2010 9am-3pm HILO LANES (front parking lot) Join us for the: Hawaii Island Memorial 9/11 PULE Every single -
Aug 23, Kumu or Kahuna
Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 2:40am EDT
I am interested in knowing the differences between a person who is a kumu and a person who is a kahuna. I think kumu pertains to the hula. Which one -
Aug 18, Isle of You Naturally Farm & Retreat; Opihikao Puna district; Big Island
Posted: August 18th, 2010, 2:18am EDT
How would you like to experience an incredibly simple Hawaii eco retreat vacation with an affordable budget? At the Isle of You, we provide you that opportunity
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Race and Citizenship in Hawaii’s Japanese American Consumer Culture
Posted: August 13th, 2010, 4:03pm EDT by site administrator
Tags: Asian Pacific American studies
In 1922 the U.S. Supreme Court declared Japanese immigrants ineligible for American citizenship because they were not “white,” dismissing the plaintiff’s appeal to skin tone. Unable to claim whiteness through naturalization laws, Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i developed their own racial currency to secure a prominent place in the Island’s postwar social hierarchy. Creating the Nisei [...]
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The Adventures of Vela Wins Commonwealth Writers’ Prize
Posted: August 10th, 2010, 8:01pm EDT by site administrator
Tags: Pacific
The Adventures of Vela, by Albert Wendt and published last fall by UH Press and Huia Publishers, was awarded the 2010 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for the Southeast Asia/Pacific region. At the award ceremony in April, Huia’s Robyn Bargh commented: “We were honored to . . . see Albert’s work recognized in this way. [The award] [...]