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| TITLE: |
Firsts and almost firsts in HawaiÊi / compiled by Robert C. Schmitt ; edited by Ronn Ronck. |
| ADDED TITLE: |
Firsts in HawaiÊi |
| AUTHOR: |
Schmitt, Robert C., author. |
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Honolulu : University of HawaiÊi Press, ©1995. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
xxii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
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"A Kolowalu book." |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Firsts and Almost Firsts in Hawai'i, like the subject it celebrates, is itself a first - the first book-length look at how and when a wide range of items made their first appearance in the Islands: from credit cards, mongooses, cockroaches, dumb waiters, slot machines, and drive-ins to aloha shirts, computers, roller skates, parking meters, and shipwrecks. The most important and the most trivial are found in its pages - everyday household objects as well as major. |
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innovations in medicine, the arts, and government. Many entries will prove surprising to all but the most knowledgeable readers. To satisfy the curious and the skeptical, endnotes and a bibliography listing more than 200 publications are provided, making this work a valuable reference for scholars as well as an entertaining handbook for trivia buffs. The entries, organized by category, are complemented by numerous photographs and drawings, some never before published. |
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Hawaii--Miscellanea. |
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Hawaii. (OCoLC)fst01208724 |
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Miscellanea. (OCoLC)fst01423854 |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Ronck, Ronn. |
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Also issued as Schmitt, Robert C. Firsts and almost firsts in HawaiÊi Honolulu : University of HawaiÊi Press, ©1995 1 online resource (xxii, 241 pages) : illustrations (HU)3717440 (OCoLC)45843010 0585323119 (electronic bk.) 9780585323114 (electronic bk.) |
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