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Broken trust : greed, mismanagement & political manipulation at America's largest charitable trust /

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Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop was the largest landowner and richest woman in the Hawaiian kingdom. Upon her death in 1884, she entrusted her property--known as Bishop Estate--to five trustees in order to create and maintain an institution that would benefit the children of Hawai'i: Kamehameha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King, Samuel P.
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Roth, Randall W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, [2006]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate > Trials, litigation, etc.
Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate.
Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations > Hawaii.
Hawaiians > Legal status, laws, etc.
Charities > Corrupt practices > Hawaii.
Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations.
Charities > Corrupt practices.
Hawaii.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General.
Electronic books.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Princess for a new Hawai'i
  • A culture suppressed
  • "Where are all the Hawaiian-looking ones?
  • Newfound wealth, cultural rebirth, seeds of discontent
  • The trust plays politics as activism grows
  • Shell-shocked lottery winners
  • The "black and blue" panel
  • Five fingers, one hand
  • The education trustee
  • "We must march!"
  • A tinderbox waiting for a match
  • Time to say, "No more"
  • Like investigating the CIA
  • Mistrust and paranoia
  • A world record for breaches of trust
  • "That's just the way you do it"
  • Public pressure forces a political shift
  • Trustees surrounded End of the line
  • "Healing" and "closure"
  • Eternal vigilance.