hears that his father—a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man—has died in a car accident. The news triggers a chain of memories as Barack retraces his family’s unusual history: the migration of his mother’s family from small-town Kansas to the Hawaiian islands; the love that develops between his mother and a promising young Kenyan student‚ a love nurtured by youthful innocence and the integrationist spirit of the early sixties; his father’s departure from Hawaii when Barack was two‚ as the realities
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place in the Hawaiian community. Contrary to belief‚ there are not a lot of people who withhold the knowledge of Hawaiian language and traditions.. When I went to live with my Uncle I learned how to understand the language as well as speak bits and pieces of it. My Uncle would bring me along with him to “Hale Mua” which is directly translated as “the house that moves forward”. Hale Mua is a “club” in a sense‚ while at the same time it is also a “dojo”. Hale Mua is a place where Hawaiians can learn
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The decade of the 1890s marks a diplomatic watershed in American history. During that period the United States embarked upon a very assertive expansionist policy that led to the nation becoming an imperialist power by 1900. The reasons for this change from an essentially low-key‚ isolationist foreign policy stance to an aggressive involvement in world affairs involved fundamental changes in the American economy and the attitudes of the American people. The industrial revolution of the last quarter
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the Grumman F4F-3 Wildcats. Immediately after the rumors were leaked‚ curiosity got the best of these young and brave soldiers. The mess deck grew silent as the Sgt Maj explained what happened on the morning of 7December. “At approximately 748hrs (Hawaiian time)‚ the first wave of the 353 fighter‚ bomber‚ and torpedo planes attacked Pearl Harbor. It was said that the Japanese chose to attack on a Sunday was because they believed Americans would be more relaxed and thus less alert on a weekend. When
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force base - there are also the Army’s Schofield Barracks/Fort Shafter‚ Wheeler Army base‚ Bellows Air Force station‚ and the Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) located in Kaneohe. Furthermore‚ there are military training bases on some of the other Hawaiian islands‚ such as the Coast Guard facility on the island of Maui. Data from the National Defense Research Institute lists the specific dollar amounts for how much the economy in Hawai’i benefits from the military presence‚ ultimately explaining that
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could imagine the sunshine and a reflection to the topping of the trees. The next text that people read is “LOWA.” The color and text seem to be catchy to viewers because the word reminds them of Hawaii origin. The way it pronounces‚ it sounds like luau. Additionally‚ the bold texts show them the relaxing places where they can view their happiness such as Hawaii‚ Bahamas‚ Caribbean. Even “outdoor and ski boots” lead people to see the hiking places like any national parks or mountain resorts such as
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settlers in Hawaii gradually drew the power away from Hawaiian leaders causing struggles for power. King Kamehameha became dominant over rival Hawaiian communities and acted hospitable toward American merchants. American trade with Asia flourished causing missionaries to travel through Hawaii and William Hooper of Boston to establish sugar plantations there‚ with many Asian immigrants working them. Americans’ presences in Hawaii halved the Hawaiian population through disease and destroyed their religion
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1. What is anthropology? What are its four sub-fields and how are they briefly defined? Use your own words to answer these questions! Anthropology is the overall study of humankind. The four sub-fields of Anthropology are; Social-Cultural‚ Linguistic‚ Physical‚ and Archaeology. S-C Anthropology studies living people’s cultures using comparisons to learn how different they are from another culture. Linguistic Anthropology is the study of language in humans and can be studied with one particular language
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family moved to New York and then to San Francisco where he grew up. He studied at Oakland College and then in Hanover‚ Germany‚ where he studied chemistry and mechanical engineering in the Polytechnic College until 1872. In 1876 he went to the Hawaiian Islands‚ where he worked for his father’s sugar business‚ Spreckels Sugar Company. In October 1877‚ he married Lillie Siebein in Hoboken‚ New Jersey‚ and together they had four children: Grace‚ Lillie‚ John‚ and Claus. They first lived in the Kingdom
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animals. The goat population‚ on the other hand‚ grew rapidly‚ as it had no natural predators to keep it in check. The introduction of European pigs to Hawaii had similar effects on the native species‚ although‚ due to a scarcity of protein in natural Hawaiian forests‚ the European pig population did not grow as rapidly as the goats until the 1900s with the introduction of earthworms and foreign plants which made up large portions of the pigs ’ diets (Stone and Loope 1987). European pigs and goats are
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