Keweenaw Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Sunday Forum

Keweenaw Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Sunday Forum Presents Professor Carol Mac Lennan HOW SUGAR MADE HAWAI'I THE 50TH STATE Date: February 14th, 2016 Time: 10:30 ? 11:30 AM Place: BHK Campus, 700 Park Ave., entrance on Waterworks St. The last sugar plantation in Hawai'i is due to close soon, marking the end of an era.  This presentation covers the rise of the sugar industry and its environmental and political consequences for islands in the remote Pacific and for the native Hawaiian Kingdom.  Now the 50th state in the U.S., Hawai'i wasn't always destined to be part of the American empire.  Once a Polynesian nation that found itself increasingly dependent upon sugar for its economic security, Hawai'i gradually slid into the grasp of sugar planters and out of the hands of the Hawaiian rulers.   Sugar's ability to consume the Hawaiian landscape and order its economy is a story worth telling as we ponder the forces of globalization today.   We encourage you to stay afterwards for our Hospitality Hour. Background: Carol Ann MacLennan is Professor of Anthropology, Graduate Director, Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technological University. Professor MacLennan received her Ph.D. And M.A. in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley and her B.A. in History, With Honors. University of California, San Diego. Her research fields include political ecology/environmental anthropology; Anthropology of policy, Environmental history, Environmental policy. She is professor of Anthropology and Science, Technology and Society, Michigan Technological University. Prior to her appointment to MTU, she was a Social Science Analyst, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C. Her publications include Sovereign Sugar: Industry and Environment in Hawai`i in 2014 and co-author of The State and Democracy: Revitalizing America?s Government in 1988 along with articles on Hawai'i, New Mexico and corporate corruption. In recent years, Professor MacLennan has received research grants for work in the Keweenaw, including the Keweenaw National Historic Park, Torch Lake and sustainable development.