Hawaiʻi's Journey to Statehood | Waves of Change | 3

American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

After Hawai’i became a U.S. Territory in 1900, tourism to the islands exploded. Luxury steamships brought tourists eager to buy fashionable Hawaiian shirts, try their hand at surfing, and stay at fancy hotels that began to dot the beach at Waikiki. The U.S. military expanded its presence, too – bringing thousands of sailors and soldiers to the islands. But as tourism transformed the economy, Native Hawaiians became further marginalized. Then a sensational murder case exposed the dark underside of race and class divisions in Hawai’i’s changing society.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music,
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0:07.0	Imagine it's May 1907.
0:22.4	You're sitting beneath a gnarled limbs of a high-biscuit tree near the Moana Hotel on
0:26.6	Honolulu's Waikiki Beach.
0:28.8	You're taking a break from swimming and surfing with your fellow beach boys.
0:32.7	One of them strums an ukulele as gentle waves lap against the sand.
0:37.3	Down the beach away, walking towards you from the pier outside the hotel is a white couple,
0:42.3	sandy and sunbird.
0:43.8	The woman holds a parasol overhead, and the man is wearing black swim trunks and dirty
0:48.3	white socks, carrying a short wooden board.
0:51.5	When he approaches, he greets you with a smile.
0:54.0	Hello there, hi.
0:55.6	My name's Jack, and this is my wife, Charmian.
0:58.4	I heard you're the man I should talk to if I want to learn surf riding.
1:01.7	Well welcome to our beach, Loha.
1:03.4	You want to ride our waves.
1:05.0	Yes, friend, I do.
1:06.3	We met a man named Ford yesterday, and he tells us you're the best surf rider in all
1:10.4	Hawaii.
1:11.4	Can you teach me?
1:12.4	Well, I'm not on that piece of driftwood, I can't.
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