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Sovereign Sugar

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Sovereign Sugar: Industry and Environment in Hawai'i is a 2014 nonfiction book by Carol A. MacLennan, published by University of Hawaii Press.

The book discusses how the sugar industry had changed Hawaiian politics and demography.

Background

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The author worked in the anthropology field.[1]

Contents

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The introduction is at the beginning. "Sugar's Ecology" is the second chapter. Chapter 11 is the final chapter, and then a conclusion discussing the end of the sugar plantations is present.[2] The book includes 11 appendices, maps, and photographs taken from archives.[3]

Reception

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Sonia P. Juvik of the University of Hawaii stated that the book is "a valuable source of information".[2]

Richard P. Tucker of the University of Michigan described the book as "the finest and best integrated study of Hawai‘i’s transformations over the past two centuries."[3]

References

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  • Berry, Kate A. (2018). "Sovereign Sugar: Industry and Environment in Hawai'i". Geographical Review. 108 (2): 328–330. doi:10.1111/gere.12231. - Available at ProQuest
  • Juvik, Sonia P. (2016). "Sovereign Sugar: Industry and Environment in Hawai'i. By Carol A. MacLennan". Pacific Affairs. 89 (4): 957–959. JSTOR 44874377. - Available at ProQuest
  • Tucker, Richard P (2015). "Sovereign Sugar: Industry and Environment in Hawai'i.(Book review)". The Hawaiian Journal of History. 49: 217. doi:10.1353/hjh.2015.0009.

Notes

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  1. ^ Berry.
  2. ^ a b Juvik.
  3. ^ a b Tucker, p. 219.

Further reading

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