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- Shaping History: The Role of Newspapers in Hawaii
- Book
- 1996
- Published by: University of Hawai'i Press
summary
Just a decade after the first printing press arrived in Honolulu in 1820, American Protestant missionaries produced the first newspaper in the islands. More than a thousand daily, weekly, or monthly papers in nine different languages have appeared since then. Today they are often considered a secondary source of information, but in their heyday Hawai‘i’s newspapers formed one of the most diversified, vigorous, and influential presses in the world. In this original and timely work, Helen Geracimos Chapin charts the role Hawai‘i’s newspapers played in shaping major historic events in the islands and how the rise of the newspaper abetted the rise of American influence in Hawai‘i.
Shaping History is based on a wide selection of written and oral sources, including extensive interviews with journalists and others working in the newspaper industry. Students of journalism and Hawaiian history will find this comprehensive history of Hawai‘i’s newspapers especially valuable.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. XI-XIII
- Introduction
- pp. 1-11
- Part I. “To Exhibit Truth in an Attractive Form”: An Establishment Press Arrives—1834–1850
- Part II. “Fiery Polemic Contests”for the Public’s Support—1850–1887
- 7. The Chinese Arrive
- pp. 46-47
- 9. "The Advertiser" Enters History
- pp. 53-58
- 12. The Politics of Health
- pp. 68-71
- Part III. Nationalists versus the Oligarchy: An Uneven Battle—1887–1899
- 13. A Pan-Pacific Dream
- pp. 75-83
- 16. The Republic Burns Down Chinatown
- pp. 105-110
- Part IV. “Here to Stay”: A U.S. Territory—1900–1941
- 17. Annexation and the Pacific Cable
- pp. 113-117
- Part V. “Passed for Publication”—1941–1945
- 26. AJAs: American Patriots
- pp. 184-189
- Part VI. The March toward Statehood—the 1940s and 1950s
- 30. "Ka Leo" Reports on the "Golden Rule"
- pp. 212-219
- 32. Statehood and the Star-Bulletin
- pp. 230-238
- Part VII. The Turbulent 1960s
- 34. The Popular Columnist
- pp. 251-255
- Part VIII. From Satellite City Halls to a Satellite Universe—1970–1976
- 39. Memories of Maui
- pp. 297-309
- 40. Corporate Economics and Chain Papers
- pp. 310-316
- 42. The Public Opinion Poll
- pp. 326-331
- 43. Anger and Wit: The Political Cartoon
- pp. 332-337
- Bibliography
- pp. 347-371
Additional Information
ISBN
9780824864279
Related ISBN(s)
9780824817183
MARC Record
OCLC
45729341
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No