Main entry:

Hibbard, Don.

Title & Author:

The view from Diamond Head : royal residence to urban resort / by Don Hibbard and David Franzen.

Publication:

Honolulu : Editions Ltd., ©1986.

Description:

221, [12] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-227) and index.
Yesterday. The seat of power -- Victorian Waikiki, the playground of royalty -- From mosquitoes to mansions -- Kapi'olani Park -- Bathhouses and hostelries -- Activity in the midst of tranquility -- The draining of Waikiki -- The grand new Waikiki -- Where the action was -- Wartime Waikiki -- Waikiki takes off: tourism in the 1950s -- Today -- Tomorrow.

Summary:

"For centuries Hawaiian chiefs ruled O'ahu from this beach - until the advent of European trade in the early 1800s. Waikiki became an agricultural backwater when the center of commerce was moved to Honolulu where the deep harbor could accomodate European ships. During the Victorian era both Hawaiian royalty and haole society made Waikiki a day-use playground. Thus began its gradual return to prominence in a new context - as a twentieth-century visitor destination."--Book jacket.

ISBN:

0915013029
9780915013029

Subject:

Land use Hawaii Honolulu History.
Land use Hawaii Oahu History.
Utilisation du sol Hawaii Honolulu Histoire.
Utilisation du sol Hawaii Oahu Histoire.
Land use.
Waikiki (Honolulu, Hawaii) History.
Hawaii Honolulu.
Hawaii Honolulu Waikiki.
Hawaii Oahu.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Franzen, David, 1949-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 8764
Call No.: ID:87-B13349
Status: Available