Ethnicity and Inequality in Hawai'i

Name: Ethnicity and Inequality in Hawai'i
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ISBN: 9781592137565

ISBN-10: 1592137563

ISBN-13: 9781592137565

Edition: 2008

Authors: Jonathan Y. Okamura

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Challenging the dominant view of Hawaii as a 'melting pot' paradise - a place of ethnic tolerance and equality - Jonatahan Okamura examines how ethnic inequality is structured and maintained in island society. He finds that it is ethnicity - rather than class, say - that structures social relations on the island.

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication date: 4/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English




Introduction



Changing Ethnic Differences



Socioeconomic Inequality and Ethnicity



Educational Inequality and Ethnicity



Constructing Ethnic Identities, Constructing Differences



Japanese Americans: Toward Symbolic Identity



Filipino Americans: Model Minority or Dogeaters?



Conclusion