Destiny's landfall : a history of Guam /

This revised edition of the standard history of Guam is intended for general readers and students of the history, politics, and government of the Pacific region. Its narrative spans more than 450 years, beginning with the initial written records of Guam by members of Magellan 1521 expedition and con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rogers, Robert F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2011.
Edición:Rev. ed.
Temas:
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Guam > History.
Guam > Histoire.
Guam
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue Guam : center of the First Province
  • Aliens 1521-1638
  • The place of before time ancestors 1638-1662
  • Father San Vitores 1662-1672
  • The Spanish conquest 1672-1698
  • Oasis in the ocean 1698-1800
  • Twilight of Pax Hispanica 1800-1898
  • The Anglo-Saxon way 1898-1903
  • Ordered tranquility 1903-1918
  • The quest for identity 1918-1941
  • The way of the Samurai 1941-1944
  • Return of the Americans 1944-1945
  • Gibraltar of the American lake 1945-1950
  • Under the Organic Act 1950-1970
  • Ocean chrysalis 1970-1980
  • Unfinished quests 1980-1990
  • Recession 1990-2003
  • Epilogue Guam : a neocolonial anachronism.

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