Overview
Braided Waters sheds new light on the relationship between environment and society by charting the history of Hawaii’s Molokai island over a thousand-year period of repeated settlement. From the arrival of the first Polynesians to contact with eighteenth-century European explorers and traders to our present era, this study shows how the control of resources—especially water—in a fragile, highly variable environment has had profound effects on the history of Hawaii. Wade Graham examines the ways environmental variation repeatedly shapes human social and economic structures and how, in turn, man-made environmental degradation influences and reshapes societies. A key finding of this study is how deep structures of place interact with distinct cultural patterns across different societies to produce similar social and environmental outcomes, in both the Polynesian and modern eras—a case of historical isomorphism with profound implications for global environmental history.
Full Product Details
Author: Wade Graham ,
Donald Worster
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Volume: 11
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.544kg
ISBN: 9780520298590
ISBN 10: 0520298594
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 18 December 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
Compellingly argued, theoretically robust, and deeply researched, Braided Waters is an invaluable contribution to the historical literature about Molokai and the Hawaiian Islands in general that deserves a wide readership. Hopefully, it will spark more research into the environmental history of these stunningly beautiful and ecologically ravaged islands. * Journal of Interdisciplinary History * Braided Waters represents the first deeply researched history of Molokai (or Moloka'i), whose enigmatic history fully merits the supple treatment Graham gives it. * Journal of Pacific History *
Compellingly argued, theoretically robust, and deeply researched, Braided Waters is an invaluable contribution to the historical literature about Molokai and the Hawaiian Islands in general that deserves a wide readership. Hopefully, it will spark more research into the environmental history of these stunningly beautiful and ecologically ravaged islands. * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *
"""Compellingly argued, theoretically robust, and deeply researched, Braided Waters is an invaluable contribution to the historical literature about Molokai and the Hawaiian Islands in general that deserves a wide readership. Hopefully, it will spark more research into the environmental history of these stunningly beautiful and ecologically ravaged islands."" * Journal of Interdisciplinary History * ""Braided Waters represents the first deeply researched history of Molokai (or Moloka‘i), whose enigmatic history fully merits the supple treatment Graham gives it."" * Journal of Pacific History *"
Author Information
Wade Graham is the author of Dream Cities: Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World and American Eden, a cultural history of gardens in America. He teaches urban and environmental policy at Pepperdine University's School of Public Policy.
