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Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments We are extremely grateful to all who have contributed to this book, which benefited from the expertise and efforts of many people. We thank Creative Capital; Clemson University’s College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities; and the University of Hawai‘i John A. Burns School of Medicine’s Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence for their financial support of the book, as well as everyone at the University of Hawai‘i Press who helped with the project, especially our editor, Masako Ikeda, and production consultants Brad Barrett and Santos Barbasa. The research for this book was made possible by Hawai‘i’s extraordinary textual and visual resources, particularly those available at the Hawai‘i State Library and Archives, the Bishop Museum Library and Archives, and the University of Hawai‘i Hamilton Library Hawaiian Collection. We are indebted to the following people from these institutions: DeSoto Brown, Marlene Donovan-Pa‘ahao, Joan Hori, Debbe Lee, Dore Minatodani, Victoria Nihi, and Ron Schaeffer. We are grateful for the important work of the many writers cited in this book and also for the generous help from Dale M. Allison, Judith Bowman, Chris Chapman, Terrye Conroy, Lynette Cruz, Pila Kikuchi, Kehau Kruse, Stephen Kubota, Michelle Spalding Matson, Priscilla Munson, Chris Myers, Warren Nishimoto, Nalani Olds, Kristi Siegel, and Robert Weyeneth. We extend special thanks to those who read all or portions of the manuscript, notably the anonymous reviewers; our copy editor, Jenn Harada; and especially Jenny Bourne and Noenoe Silva, who provided invaluable guidance. xi ...