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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Pacific Islands Monographs SeriesPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©1989Description: 1 online resource (448 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780824847197
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.54/26 20
LOC classification:
  • D767.9 .P33 1989eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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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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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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