Pau Hana: Plantation Life and Labor in Hawaii, 1835-1930

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Summary: Excellent book on the life of the different ethnic groups.
Review: This book revives memories of times gone by. It covers a period of laborers working in the sugar plantations of Hawaii. A diverse group of people, coming together under hardships, overcoming adversity and language barriers. Mr. Takaki did an excellent combination of relating the days that made sugar King, and how it was built on the backs of the Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino's. Today's descendents can read this book, smile, weep, and relate from stories told to them as children by these hardy laborers.