Author
Matthew Kester
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
June 2013
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Matthew Kester
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Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
June 2013
£52.74
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Remembering Iosepa
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In the late nineteenth century, a small community of Native Hawaiian Mormons established a settlement in heart of The Great Basin, in Utah. The community was named Iosepa, after the prophet and sixth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph F. Smith. The inhabitants of Iosepa struggled against racism, the ravages of leprosy, and economic depression, by the early years of the twentieth century emerging as a modern, model community based on ranching, farming, and an unwavering commitment to religious ideals. Yet barely thirty years after its founding the town was abandoned, nearly all of its inhabitants returning to Hawaii. Years later, Native Hawaiian students at nearby Brigham Young University, descendants of the original settlers, worked to clean the graves of Iosepa and erect a monument to memorialize the settlers. Remembering Iosepa connects the story of this unique community with the earliest Native Hawaiian migrants to western North America and the vibrant and growing community of Pacific Islanders in the Great Basin today.
It traces the origins and growth of the community in the tumultuous years of colonial expansion into the Hawaiian islands, as well as its relationship to white Mormons, the church leadership, and the Hawaiian government. In the broadest sense, Mathew Kester seeks to explain the meeting of Mormons and Hawaiians in the American West and to examine the creative adaptations and misunderstandings that grew out of that encounter.
Author
Matthew Kester
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
June 2013
Weight
536g
Page Count
240
Dimensions
156 x 234 x 18 mm
ISBN
9780199844913
ISBN-10
0199844917
Eden Code
4069598
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Author/Creator: Matthew Kester
ISBN: 9780199844913
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: June 2013
Weight: 536g
Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Eden Code: 4069598