Hawai'i's Scenic Roads: Paving the Way for Tourism in the Islands

by Dawn E. Duensing

Hawai'i's Scenic Roads examines a century of overland transportation from the Kingdom's first constitutional government until World War II, discovering how roads in the world's most isolated archipelago rivaled those on the U.S. mainland. Building Hawai'i's roads was no easy feat, as engineers confronted a unique combination of circumstances: extreme isolation, mountainous topography, torrential rains, deserts, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824839285
• ISBN13: 9780824839284
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"