The Federated States of Micronesia's Engagement with the Outside World : : Control, Self-Preservation and Continuity.

• Superior document: Pacific Series
• Author: Puas, Gonzaga.
• Place / Publishing House: Canberra : : ANU Press,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Pacific Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 pages)

This study addresses the neglected history of the people of the Federated States of Micronesia's (FSM) engagement with the outside world.

Table of Contents

• Intro
• List of Figures
• Figure 1: Part of my island, Lekinioch, where my humble beginning started.
• Figure 2: Map of Lukunor atoll.
• Figure 3: A traditional fishing technique called lalo, used to catch bonito.
• Figure 4: Another view of lalo.
• Figure 5: Maisuuk sailing canoe often used by some Mortlockese, people in the outer islands of northwest Chuuk and the atoll dwellers in Yap.
• Figure 6: A clan's faal on Lukunor Island.
• Figure 7: An example of 'Micronesianity'.
• Figure 8: Federated States of Micronesia in relation to the world.
• Figure 9: War relics on Satowan in the Mortlock Islands.
• Figure 10: Airplane wreckage on Satowan Island from the Japanese period.
• Figure 11: Map of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) prior to its break up into separate political entities in the 1970s.
• Figure 12: The official flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.
• Figure 13: The islands of the Federated States of Micronesia.
• Figure 14: Puron sat (sea surge) on Lukunor Atoll in 2007.
• Figure 15: Puron sat (sea surge) in Kosrae 2007.
• Figure 16: Old-style seawall constructed in the 1970s on the island of Lukunor.
• Figure 17: New seawall design in Kosrae to prevent beach erosion.
• Figure 18: People of Rewow village, in 2014, on Lekinioch work to replace pandanus sheets on foeng, the ainang faal of Sopunpi, demonstrative of the principle of alilis fengen.
• List of acronyms
• Acknowledgements
• Glossary of Mortlockese Terms
• Introduction
• 1. Writing Micronesian History
• 2. Pre-Colonial Society and Identity
• 3. Responding to Colonisation
• 4. Negotiating Independence
• 5. The Constitution and Post‑Colonial Identity
• 6. Engaging with China and the US
• 7. Managing Climate Change
• 8. Contemporary Challenges
• Bibliography.