The Peopling of Hawaii

364 Pages·1989·180.797 MB·English

by  Eleanor C. Nordyke

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The Peopling
of Hawai'i
SECOND EDITION
Eleanor C. Nordyke
Foreword by Robert C. Schmitt
COLUMBIA COLLEGE LIBRARY
M University of Hawaii Press « Honolulu
304.609969 N833p 1989
Nordyke, Eleanor C.
The peopling of Hawal i
© 1989 University of Hawaii Press
© 1977 East-West Center
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Nordyke, Eleanor C.
The peopling of Hawaii / Eleanor C. Nordyke ; foreword by Robert
C. Schmitt. — 2nd ed.
paCI
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-8248-1191-7
1. Hawaii—Population—History. 1. Title.
HB3525.H3N67 1989 88-38927
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Camera-ready figures and tables were prepared by the
Population Institute of the East-West Center, Honolulu,
Hawaii.
@ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum
requirements of American National Standard for Informa-
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10 our grandchildren
Aimee, Nalani, Cameron, Trevor, and Larissa
and
1o the children and
grandchildren of Hawai ‘i
and
To the people of Hawai ‘i
on whom its future depends

CONTENTS
Figures ix
xi
Tables
Foreword XV
Preface Xix
Introduction 1
1. Early Polynesian Immigrants 3
2. The Coming of Westerners and the Depopulation of
the Native Hawaiians ' 13
3. Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Immigrants and
Admixtures 28
Hawaiians and Part Hawaiians 30
Whites
42
52
Chinese
60
Japanese
70
Blacks
76
Filipinos
84
Koreans
91
Samoans
94
Other Ethnic Groups
99
4. The Demographic Situation
100
Size and Growth of Population
104
Ethnicity
109
Age and Sex Composition
113
Military Population
Births, Births to Unmarried Mothers, and Abortion Rates 114
vii
Contents
viii
118
Marriage and Divorce
120
Death Rates and Life Expectancy
122
The Elderly Population
128
Migration
134
Hawai‘i in Transition
135
Population Projections
141
Visitor Industry Influence on Population Growth
149
Evidence of Change
167
Conclusion
173
Appendix: Demographic Tables
267
Notes
281
Glossary of Common Demographic Terms
287
References
313
Index