Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 2, Number 5, 1 Mei 1985 — New Bibliography Has 2,712 Entries [ARTICLE]

New Bibliography Has 2,712 Entries

By William E.H. Tagupa Cultural Affairs Officer A recently published bibliography on the history and eulture of Hawaiians contains some interesting reading. Those doing research should also find the book valuable. "The Hawaiians: An Annotated Bibliography ," by David J. Kittelson, Social Science Research lnstitute, University of Hawaii, No. 7, 1985, contains 2,712 entriesarrangedalphabetically by the author.

The bibliography is annotated to add dimension and description for the user. Among several interesting features are master's theses, doctoral dissertations and unpublished papers on a variety of topics. Although it includes only those items published in English, the book reveals a wealth of information indexed by topic. The research done on Hawaiians alone since the l%0's comprises about one-fourth of the total entries. Curiously, the number of master's and doctoral research done on Hawaiian social, eeonomie and education adjustments is eon- - siderable and relevant to today's issues.

Citations gathered from Paradise of the Pacific, The Friend and Thrum's Annual make this work alone well worth having. Another impx)rtant feature is the inclusion of congressional reports concerning Hawaiian issues beginning with the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy to the Hawaiian reparation hearings of the past few years. This publication completes the series of bibliographies on Hawaii's major ethnic groups.