Remembering Iosepa - History, Place, and Religion in the American West

Zusatztext A fascinating and illuminating study, suitable for a wide audience ... Highly recommended. Informationen zum Autor Matthew Kester is a historian of Hawaii and the American West who teaches history and cultural studies at Brigham Young University Hawaii. Klappentext Remembering Iosepa connects the story of Iosepa, a nineteenth-century community of Native Hawaiian migrants to the Salt Lake Valley, with the vibrant and growing community of Pacific Islanders in the Great Basin today. Zusammenfassung Remembering Iosepa connects the story of Iosepa, a nineteenth-century community of Native Hawaiian migrants to the Salt Lake Valley, with the vibrant and growing community of Pacific Islanders in the Great Basin today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: Connections Chapter 1: "The Pacific World" Chapter 2: The Hawaiian Mission - Lana'i, La'ie, and the Gathering Chapter 3: Early Native Hawaiian Migration to the Salt Lake Valley Chapter 4: Iosepa: Creating a Native Hawaiian Community in Skull Valley, Utah Chapter 5: "As a testament to the faith of these ancestors of ours": Iosepa in Public Memory Epilogue

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Kester, Kester Matthew
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.03.2013
• EAN: 9780199844913
• ISBN: 978-0-19-984491-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Utah, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations, Christian mission & evangelism, Christianity, History of Religion, History of the Americas, Religious mission and Religious Conversion, Other Nonconformist & Evangelical Churches, Other Nonconformist and Evangelical Churches