Cultures of commemoration : the politics of war, memory, and history in the Mariana Islands /

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"In 1941 the Japanese military attacked the US naval base Pearl Harbor on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu. Although much has been debated about this event and the wider American and Japanese involvement in the war, few scholars have explored the Pacific War's impact on Pacific Islanders....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Camacho, Keith L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2011]
Series:Pacific islands monograph series ; no. 25.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Chamorro (Micronesian people) > History > 20th century.
Collective memory > Mariana Islands.
War and society > Mariana Islands.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Mariana Islands.
Chamorro (Peuple de Micronésie) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mémoire collective > Mariannes.
Guerre et société > Mariannes.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect social > Mariannes.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
HISTORY > Oceania.
Chamorro (Micronesian people)
Collective memory
Colonial influence
Social aspects
War and society
Mariana Islands > Colonial influence.
Mariannes > Influence coloniale.
Mariana Islands
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Loyalty and liberation
  • World War II in the Mariana Islands
  • The war's aftermath
  • From processions to parades
  • The land without heroes
  • On the margins of memory and history
  • The life and death of Father Dueñas.

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