The Pacific Theater : : Island Representations of World War II /

The Pacific Theater : : Island Representations of World War II / / ed. by Geoffrey M. White, Lamont Lindstrom.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
MitwirkendeR:
Boutilier, James A.,
Burlo, Charles de,
Counts, David,
Davenport, William H.,
Donner, William W.,
Falgout, Suzanne,
Franco, Robert W.,
Gegeo, David W.,
Kiste, Robert C.,
Lepowsky, Maria,
Lindstrom, Lamont,
Marshall Carucci, Laurence,
Nero, Karen L.,
Poyer, Lin,
Saito, Hisafumi,
Thune, Carl E.,
Watson-Gegeo, Karen Ann,
White, Geoffrey M.,
Zelenietz, Marty,
HerausgeberIn:
Lindstrom, Lamont,
White, Geoffrey M.,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2022]
©1989
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Pacific Islands Monographs Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (448 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Editors Note
  • Contents
  • Maps
  • Photographs
  • Preface
  • I. Introduction
  • 1. War Stories
  • II. Island Selves and Wartime Others
  • 2. Histories of Contact, Narratives of Self: Wartime Encounters in Santa Isabel
  • 3. The Source of the Force in Marshallese Cosmology
  • 4. Echoes of Massacre: Recollections of World War II on Sapwuahfik (Ngatik Atoll)
  • 5. Time of Famine, Time of Transformation: Hell in the Pacific, Palau
  • 6. "Far Away" and "Close Up": World War II and Sikaiana Perceptions of Their Place in the World
  • 7. The Kilenge and the War: An Observer Effect on Stories from the Past
  • III. The Local Scene: Disruptions and Transformations
  • 8. Shadows of War: Changing Remembrance through Twenty Years in New Britain
  • 9. Soldiers and Spirits: The Impact of World War II on a Coral Sea Island
  • 10. The Making of History: The Representation of World War II on Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea
  • 11. Taemfaet: Experiences and Reactions of Santa Cruz Islanders during the Battle for Guadalcanal
  • 12. From Passive Pawns to Political Strategists: Wartime Lessons for the People of Pohnpei
  • 13. Islanders, Soldiers, and Tourists: The War and the Shaping of Tourism in Melanesia
  • IV. Joining In: Fighting and Working
  • 14. Kennedy's "Army": Solomon Islanders at War, 1942-1943
  • 15. World War II Experience and Life History: Two Cases from Malaita, Solomon Islands
  • 16. Samoan Representations of World War II and Military Work: The Emergence of International Movement Networks
  • 17. Working Encounters: Oral Histories of World War II Labor Corps from Tanna, Vanuatu
  • Contributors
  • Index
  • Other Volumes In The Pacific Island Monograph Series

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