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Uniquely Okinawan: Determining Identity During The U.S. Wartime Occupation, Courtney A. Short Mar 2020

Uniquely Okinawan: Determining Identity During The U.S. Wartime Occupation, Courtney A. Short

History

When the U.S. military landed on the shores of Okinawa in 1945, they faced not only a fierce and battle-tested Japanese force, but also 463,000 Okinawan inhabitants. Larger than any other civilian population encountered by the Americans during previous campaigns throughout the Pacific islands, the people of Okinawa also had a unique and complex historical and political relationship with Japan. Okinawa never experienced subjugation as a colony, yet its acceptance as a prefecture did not yield equal treatment for the people because of their Ryukyuan heritage. As the U.S. military prepared for the Battle of Okinawa, they faced dangerous uncertainty …


An Analysis Of Preservation Versus Conservation: The Future Of Whaling, Elizabeth Paige Fennie Mar 2012

An Analysis Of Preservation Versus Conservation: The Future Of Whaling, Elizabeth Paige Fennie

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A Stroll Down The Dark Side: Ultraviolent Japanese Animation’S Roots In Postwar Japan, Globalization, And Western Consumption, Brian Graham Roberts Mar 2011

A Stroll Down The Dark Side: Ultraviolent Japanese Animation’S Roots In Postwar Japan, Globalization, And Western Consumption, Brian Graham Roberts

History

Study of the root causes of the creation of dark and violent Japanese animation and the phenomena of American consumption of it.