The Legacies of a Hawaiian Generation ― From Territorial Subject to American Citizen

Relationships are at the core of this study of major strands in Hawaiian history seen through the eyes of a generation that negotiated its Native Hawaiian identity against the grain of Americanization. Schachter (anthropology, Carnegie Mellon University) chronicles how Native Hawaiian values and culture have adapted to imperialism since the 1920s, touching on issues such as Polynesian American education, the impact of WWII, and preserving traditional family forms. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Judith Schachter is Professor of Anthropology and History at Carnegie Mellon University. She has been doing fieldwork in Hawai`i for more than two decades. Her publications include Kinship with Strangers: Adoption and Interpretations of Kinship in American Culture (University of California Press, 1994) and A Sealed and Secret Kinship: The Culture of Politics and Practices in American Adoption (Berghahn Books, 2002). Her research includes articles on family and housing policies and, currently, on the movement for indigenous rights in Hawai`i (in Social Identities, 2011).