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Introductionessay 1968 • Gallimore, Ronald & Howard, Alan
Hawaiians • Oceania > Polynesia
This is the introduction to a report on a three-year study carried out in the Hawaiian community of Nanakuli, thirty miles from Honolulu, and other communities on Oahu's Leeward Coast (see documents nos. 17-27.) The focus of the study was to identify...Hawaiian life styleBook 1968 • Gallimore, Ronald & Howard, Alan
Hawaiians • Oceania > Polynesia
This article is a chapter in 'Studies in a Hawaiian Community' (see documents, nos. 7, 18-27), in which the authors make some general points about Hawaiian culture. First, it is a people-centered and affiliative-oriented culture in which people honor...Community participationessay 1968 • Gallimore, Ronald & Howard, Alan
Hawaiians • Oceania > Polynesia
This chapter from the 'Studies in a Hawaiian Community' (see documents nos. 7, 17-25, and 27) focuses on community organizing. Residents do form coalitions around specific issues, especially threats coming from outside the community. However a more s...Appendixessay 1968 • Gallimore, Ronald & Howard, Alan
Hawaiians • Oceania > Polynesia
This is the appendix for 'Studies in a Hawaiian Community' (see documents nos. 7, 17-26.) It includes the survey data on the community population's age and sex structure, origins, ethnicity, and level of education....Educationessay 1968 • Gallimore, Ronald et al.
Hawaiians • Oceania > Polynesia
This is the chapter on education in the 'Studies in a Hawaiian Community' (see documents nos. 7, 17, 18, 20-27.) The authors try to answer the question why Hawaiian children have so much difficulty in public schools. They examine differences in langu...Employmentessay 1969 • Boggs, Stephen & Gallimore, Ronald
Hawaiians • Oceania > Polynesia
This is the chapter on employment in 'Studies in a Hawaiian Community' (see documents nos. 7, 17, 19-27.) Nanakuli men begin their careers as unskilled workers and gradually work their way up to semi-skilled, skilled, and in a few cases, white-collar...The family and the schoolessay 1968 • Jordan, Cathie et al.
Hawaiians • Oceania > Polynesia
This is a second chapter on education (see document no. 19) from the 'Studies in a Hawaiian Community' (see documents nos. 7, 17-19, 21-27.) In this chapter the authors examine differences in child-rearing practices to determine why some Nanakuli stu...Qualitative analysis of family developmentessay 1968 • Mays, Michael et al.
Hawaiians • Oceania > Polynesia
This chapter from the 'Studies in a Hawaiian Community' (see documents nos. 7, 17-21, 23-27) focuses on the marital bond. The male adolescent pattern of minimal responsibility and task avoidance continues in early marriage until the first children co...