Four Struggles for Preservation of Historic Sites in Hawaii NEW

Hawaii has faced many efforts to preserve buildings, structures, sites, landscapes, and objects significant to Hawaii’s history. This class will survey the list and take a deeper look at the players, dynamics, politics, money, and passions involved in four of these. The goal of the class is to highlight these important examples, in the hope that future controversial preservation efforts can be seen in the broad expanse of Hawaii’s history and resolution of past struggles.