Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Micronesian Reporter
Author: Remaking Micronesia
Author: David L. HanlonPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824820114
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
America's efforts at economic development in the Caroline, Mariana, and Marshall Islands proved to be about transforming in dramatic fashion people who occupied real estate deemed vital to American strategic concerns. Called "Micronesians," these island people were regarded as other, and their otherness came to be seen as incompatible with American interests. And so, underneath the liberal rhetoric that surrounded arguments, proposals, and programs for economic development was a deeper purpose. America's domination would be sustained by the remaking of these islands into places that had the look, feel, sound, speed, smell, and taste of America - had the many and varied plans actually succeeded. However, the gap between intent and effect holds a rich and deeply entangled history. Remaking Micronesia stands as an important, imaginative, much needed contribution to the study of Micronesia, American policy in the Pacific, and the larger debate about development. It will be an important source of insight and critique for scholars and students working at the intersection of history, culture, and power in the Pacific.
The Federated States of Micronesia’s Engagement with the Outside World
Author: Gonzaga PuasPublisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1760464651
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This study addresses the neglected history of the people of the Federated States of Micronesia’s (FSM) engagement with the outside world. Situated in the northwest Pacific, FSM’s strategic location has led to four colonial rulers. Histories of FSM to date have been largely written by sympathetic outsiders. Indigenous perspectives of FSM history have been largely absent from the main corpus of historical literature. A new generation of Micronesian scholars are starting to write their own history from Micronesian perspectives and using Micronesian forms of history. This book argues that Micronesians have been dealing successfully with the outside world throughout the colonial era in ways colonial authorities were often unaware of. This argument is sustained by examination of oral histories, secondary sources, interviews, field research and the personal experience of a person raised in the Mortlock Islands of Chuuk State. It reconstructs how Micronesian internal processes for social stability and mutual support endured, rather than succumbing to the different waves of colonisation. This study argues that colonisation did not destroy Micronesian cultures and identities, but that Micronesians recontextualised the changing conditions to suit their own circumstances. Their success rested on the indigenous doctrines of adaptation, assimilation and accommodation deeply rooted in the kinship doctrine of eaea fengen (sharing) and alilis fengen (assisting each other). These values pervade the Constitution of the FSM, which formally defines the modern identity of its indigenous peoples, reasserting and perpetuating Micronesian values and future continuity.
Micronesian Reporter
Author: Compact of Free Association in the Micronesian States of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands
Author: Compact of Free Association with Palau
Author: PalauThe United States and Micronesia in Free Association
Author: Philip W. ManhardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Compact of Free Association
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands and National ParksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : International trusteeships
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Continuance of Civil Government for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Territorial and Insular AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Remaking Micronesia
Author: David L. HanlonPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824864115
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
America's efforts at economic development in the Caroline, Mariana, and Marshall Islands proved to be about transforming in dramatic fashion people who occupied real estate deemed vital to American strategic concerns. Called "Micronesians," these island people were regarded as other, and their otherness came to be seen as incompatible with American interests. And so, underneath the liberal rhetoric that surrounded arguments, proposals, and programs for economic development was a deeper purpose. America's domination would be sustained by the remaking of these islands into places that had the look, feel, sound, speed, smell, and taste of America - had the many and varied plans actually succeeded. However, the gap between intent and effect holds a rich and deeply entangled history. Remaking Micronesia stands as an important, imaginative, much needed contribution to the study of Micronesia, American policy in the Pacific, and the larger debate about development. It will be an important source of insight and critique for scholars and students working at the intersection of history, culture, and power in the Pacific.