The original database describes this as: Title: Public Assistance meeting in Washington Production Date: 02/23/2009 Caption: Renton, Wash. , February 23, 2009 -- Deputy State Coordinating Officer Gary Urbas More
Significance: Sugar plantations had a pivotal role in Hawaii's history. They were the main economic engines that fueled Hawaii's change from subsistence agriculture to a commodity-based system. Sugar plantati More