Pacific Industry The History of Pineapple Canning in Hawaii

Name: Pacific Industry The History of Pineapple Canning in Hawaii
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ISBN: 9781848855960

ISBN-10: 1848855966

ISBN-13: 9781848855960

Edition: 2011

Authors: Richard A. Hawkins

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The Hawaiian pineapple industry emerged in the late nineteenth century as part of an attempt to diversify the Hawaiian economy from dependence on sugar cane as its only staple industry. Here, economic historian Richard Hawkins presents a definitive history of an industry from its modest beginnings to its emergence as a major contributor to the American industrial narrative. He traces the rise and fall of the corporate giants who dominated the global canning world for much of the twentieth century. Drawing from a host of familiar economic models and an unparalleled body of research, Hawkins analyses the entrepreneurial development and twentieth-century migration of the pineapple canning…

Book details

List price: $150.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 9/23/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.06" wide x 8.65" long x 1.09" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English



Introduction


The Early Years, 1882-1898


Pineapple Fever, 1898-1914


The Consolidation of the Industry, 1915-1930


The Octopus Strikes Back, 1931-41


Scientific and Technological Innovation


Inter-war Overseas Expansion


The Impact of Post World War II Globalisation on the Hawaiian Pineapple Industry


Conclusion