Download or read book Hawaii: A History written by Ruth M. Tabrah and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1984-12-17 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To most Americans, Hawaii means ukuleles and native dancers, Waikiki and Diamond Head. Hawaii is a romantic image learned from travel posters and the movies, and much of it, surprisingly, is true. But Hawaii is more than that. The people who have come here from Polynesia, Asia, Europe, and the Americas have made it a crossroads culture and a testing ground for fundamental American principals.