The introduction is at the beginning. "Sugar's Ecology" is the second chapter. Chapter 11 is the final chapter, and then a conclusion discussing the end of the sugar plantations is present.[2] The book includes 11 appendices, maps, and photographs taken from archives.[3]
Reception
Sonia P. Juvik of the University of Hawaii stated that the book is "a valuable source of information".[2]
Richard P. Tucker of the University of Michigan described the book as "the finest and best integrated study of Hawai‘i’s transformations over the past two centuries."[3]