As part of its ongoing open-access initiatives, has released , one of its best-selling titles in a free, online format. With the encouragement of the book¡¯s coauthor, recently retired UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ Professor , and with the support of , the open access edition of Broken Trust is freely available to download or read on multiple platforms, including the open-access, digital institutional repository; ; ; and version.
The open access edition has an added introduction with remarks by Roth and the current Kamehameha Schools trustees, and includes Roth¡¯s eulogy for coauthor Samuel P. King, the late federal judge who passed away in December 2010.
Published in 2006 and still in print as a paperback, Broken Trust examines the landmark events of the late 1990s set off by the publication of the “Broken Trust” essay in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin that exposed mismanagement of the Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop trust and of its beneficiary, Kamehameha Schools.
Written by King, Roth and three respected k¨±puna, the essay led to the empowerment of the school¡¯s wider community and historical changes in the selection of Bishop Estate trustees.
Release of the book in open-access format will make this history?accessible to an even wider audience than previously and facilitate use in educational settings. In addition to primary source documents, .