book

Maui: The Last Hawaiian Place

Wenkam, Robert

Friends of the Earth, 1970

ecology cultural heritage precedent
Early conservation argument with historical landscape photography documenting Maui before mass tourism

Robert Wenkam’s Maui: The Last Hawaiian Place documents the island before mass tourism transformed its economy and landscape. The photographs and text record what has been lost. The book functions as historical conscience — evidence of conditions that recovery might reference without pretending to restore.