The origins of Lei Day: Festivity and the construction of ethnicity in the territory of Hawaii

History and Anthropology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-36

  Friesen, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 35649004119     PISSN: 02757206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757206.1996.9960891     Document Type: Article

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