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Foreword vi
Introduction viii
1 Stepping onto a World Stage 1
2 Starting School in Honolulu 7
3 Hawai'i in the Time of Statehood 15
4 A Woman from America, a Man from Africa 29
5 Indonesia's Unity in Diversity 45
6 Barry Meets His Father 58
7 Choosing between Black and White 66
8 Hawai'i in the '70s 82
9 Punahou School, Microcosm of Hawai'i 93
10 Barry O'Bomber, Reserve Forward 100
11 Turbulent Times in High School 106
12 Hawai'i's Multicultural Milieu 116
13 The Lessons of Hawai'i 125
14 The Campaign Seen from Hawai'i 131
15 The Return of the Native Son 136
Sources 143
Index 150
Acknowledgments 151
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Born and raised in the most multicultural state in the union, United States presidential candidate Barack Obama bears the indelible stamp of his native Hawai'i. Here is a coming-of-age story set in Hawai'i's storied "melting pot"-a revealing look at what makes Obama tick. The social mores of the Aloha State and the experience of growing up in an island culture have had a deep and lasting influence on the candidate. Obama himself has noted, "What's best in me, and what's best in my message, is consistent with the tradition of Hawai'i."Authors Glauberman and Burris offer concise lessons in Hawai'i history to help the reader understand its racial and ...