Environmental Justice, Native Rights, Tourism, and Opposition to Military Control: The Case of Kaho'olawe
Beginning in the 1930s, the US Navy used the Hawaiian island of Kaho'olawe, a site sacred to native Hawaiians, as a target range. In the 1960s, the environmental degradation of the island became an important issue for environmentalists, politicians, and native Hawaiians. Blackford describes how...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The Journal of American history (Bloomington, Ind.) Ind.), 2004-09, Vol.91 (2), p.544-571 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Beginning in the 1930s, the US Navy used the Hawaiian island of Kaho'olawe, a site sacred to native Hawaiians, as a target range. In the 1960s, the environmental degradation of the island became an important issue for environmentalists, politicians, and native Hawaiians. Blackford describes how native Hawaiian activists convinced other residents to embrace plans to set the island aside for cultural renewal rather than economic development. |
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ISSN: | 0021-8723 1945-2314 1936-0967 |
DOI: | 10.2307/3660711 |