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Category : Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)
Languages : en
Pages : 752

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Author: David L. Hanlon
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824820114
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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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.

Author: Reilly Ridgell
Publisher: Bess Press
ISBN: 9781573060011
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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Provides a background in Pacific geography, culture, and history, plus an overview of the different Pacific island groups.

Author: Cait Storr
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108498507
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 321

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This book offers a new account of Nauru's imperial history and examines its significance in the history of international law.

Author: Julian Aguon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9784902837674
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 140

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This series of essays describes the present-day realities of the U.S.-Micronesia relationship as seen through the eyes of those who live through the continuing harm of the U.S. colonial project in Micronesia.

Author: Betty Dunford
Publisher: Bess Press
ISBN: 9781573060226
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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Complete reference for the islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia. RL4

Author: Douglas L. Oliver
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824812331
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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"By far the best compendium on Pacific studies available today. There have been several attempts to imitate it during the past decade but they are either boiled-down histories or else reference works without any cohesive structure." --H.E. Maude, Australian National University

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
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Category : Micronesia
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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Report of Senator Hugh Butler on the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

Author: David Vine
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691149836
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287

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David Vine recounts how the British & US governments created the Diego Garcia base, making the native Chagossians homeless in the process. He details the strategic significance of this remote location & also describes recent efforts by the exiles to regain their territory.

Author: Donald R. Shuster
Publisher: National Centre for Development Studies Research S Acific St
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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