Traditional food establishments on the Island of Hawaii
Subtitle: Volumes I & II : a project of the Kona Historical Society and the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
By: by Nancy Piianaia
Contributors: Kona Historical Society; State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (Hawaii)
Publisher: Kona Historical Society
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Captain Cook, HI
Language: eng
Subjects: Food service; Restaurants; Food industry and trade
Description: Interviewees, volume 1 (West Hawaii): Kaneyo Higashi, Margaret Hori, Setsuko and Yasuo Deguchi, Lynette Aoki, Thomas N.C. Kam, Mary Teshima, Tony Ruis, and Yuriko and Muneo Sameshima; volume 2 (East Hawaii): James Shinohara, Shiro Ikeda, Minerva Saiki Hayakawa, James Yagi, Leslie Chang, Susumu and Ellen Nakagawa, and James Low.

Edited transcripts of interviews conducted in 1991-1993 by Nancy Piianaia with added introductory materials. Interviewees are owners of traditional food establishments on the island of Hawaii that have played an important role in its social history. As a result of rapid development and a lack of interest among the younger generation in continuing their parents' occupations, their future is at risk.
Notes: Title from cover.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Kona, Waimea and Kohala; title: v. 2. Hilo.