The Parker ranch: a history
Wellmon, Bernard Brian
Wellmon, Bernard Brian
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1969
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In the past, scholars have completed exhaustive studies of the major ranching institutions in the United States and the roles they have played in American frontier development. This study is concerned with an analysis of the Parker Ranch of Hawaii as a frontier institution that contributed to this development. As an area of American settlement the Hawaiian Islands form a peculiar adjunct of frontier history. Within this context the Parker Ranch, an institution with a long and colorful history, provides specific information to add to the larger story of the general development of Hawaii. Despite its isolation and distance from the mainland many of the influences that shaped the character of the men and women who settled the western part of the continental United States also affected the Hawaiian Islands. The frontier experience, the cultural characteristics of the indigenous population, the influences from Spanish America, and adaptation to geographical environment were all important to the developing American character in the islands. Recently the growing trends toward urbanization and automation producing far reaching changes in the Trans-Mississippi West have also affected Hawaii. The story of the creation of the Parker Ranch, the development of its traditions and unique community and its preservation under the pressures of modern mechanized civilization provide the scholar with an opportunity to test many generalizations related to the development of the American frontier.
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Frontier and pioneer life
Rangelands
Hawaii--History
Rangelands
Hawaii--History
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Dissertation
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iv, 273 leaves, bound
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History