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Hawai'i's Scenic Roads: Paving the Way for Tourism in the Islands Hardcover - 2015
by Dawn E. Duensing
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- Title Hawai'i's Scenic Roads: Paving the Way for Tourism in the Islands
- Author Dawn E. Duensing
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 328
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Hawaii Press
- Date 2015
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780824839284 / 0824839285
- Weight 1.55 lbs (0.70 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.54 cm)
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Historical
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Library of Congress subjects Roads - Hawaii - History, Scenic byways - Hawaii - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014038702
- Dewey Decimal Code 388.109
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Hardback. New. Hawai`i's Scenic Roads examines a century of overland transportation from the kingdom's first constitutional government until World War II, discovering how roads in the world's most isolated archipelago rivaled those on the continental U.S. Building Hawai`i's roads was no easy feat, as engineers confronted a uniquecombination of circumstances: extreme isolation, mountainous topography, torrential rains, deserts, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and on Haleakal?, freezing temperatures. By investigating the politics and social processes that facilitated road projects, Hawai`i's Scenic Roads explains that foreign settlers wanted roads to "civilize" the Hawaiians and promote economic development, specifically agriculture. Once sugar became the dominant driver, civic and political leaders turned theirattention to constructing scenic roads. Viewed as "commercial enterprises," scenic byways became an essential factor in establishing…
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