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“No Concealed Motives”: How The U.S. Came To Dominate Micronesia, Sean F. Senn Sep 2022

“No Concealed Motives”: How The U.S. Came To Dominate Micronesia, Sean F. Senn

The Forum: Journal of History

No abstract provided.


Full Issue Sep 2022

Full Issue

The Forum: Journal of History

No abstract provided.


Making Patriots Of Pupils: Colonial Education In Micronesia From 1944-1980, Julia Taylor Jun 2021

Making Patriots Of Pupils: Colonial Education In Micronesia From 1944-1980, Julia Taylor

The Forum: Journal of History

This article explores American colonial education in Micronesia from the final months of World War Two to the late 1970s. The primary research question concerns American usage of education to pursue political and military goals, and how this affected multiple dimensions of Indigenous life. Although the dominant narrative at the time blamed Indigenous people for difficulties in implementing American education, the Western values permeating the American consciousness significantly inhibited the possibility of success as Americans defined it. This article details American motivations and efforts to implement an educational system as part of a larger goal of “economic development” and analyzes …


Suzanne Falgout And James West Turner's Review Of Lieweila: A Micronesian Story, Suzanne Falgout, James West Turner Jun 1999

Suzanne Falgout And James West Turner's Review Of Lieweila: A Micronesian Story, Suzanne Falgout, James West Turner

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Marta Rohatynskyj's Review Of Advertising Missionaries And Pacific Passages, Marta Rohatynskyj Jun 1999

Marta Rohatynskyj's Review Of Advertising Missionaries And Pacific Passages, Marta Rohatynskyj

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Lin Poyer's Review Of David Hanlon's Remaking Micronesia: Discourses Over Development In A Pacific Territory, Lin Poyer Mar 1999

Lin Poyer's Review Of David Hanlon's Remaking Micronesia: Discourses Over Development In A Pacific Territory, Lin Poyer

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Marcelous Akapito And Joakim Peter's Review Of Vicente M. Diaz's Sacred Vessels: Navigating Tradition And Identity In Micronesia, Marcelous Akapito, Joakim Peter Sep 1998

Marcelous Akapito And Joakim Peter's Review Of Vicente M. Diaz's Sacred Vessels: Navigating Tradition And Identity In Micronesia, Marcelous Akapito, Joakim Peter

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Madrich: Outer Islanders On Yap, William H. Alkire Jun 1993

Madrich: Outer Islanders On Yap, William H. Alkire

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Madrich: Outer Islanders On Yap, William H. Alkire Jun 1993

Madrich: Outer Islanders On Yap, William H. Alkire

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Dancing Defiance: The Politics Of Pohnpeian Dance Performances, Glenn Petersen Dec 1992

Dancing Defiance: The Politics Of Pohnpeian Dance Performances, Glenn Petersen

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


The Breadfruit Tree Story: Mythological Transformations In Palauan Politics, Karen L. Nero Dec 1992

The Breadfruit Tree Story: Mythological Transformations In Palauan Politics, Karen L. Nero

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Book Review Forum On Richard J. Parmentier's The Sacred Remains: Myth, History, And Polity In Belau, Richard J. Parmentier, Mac Marshall, Mary S. Mccutcheon, Deverne Reed Smith Jul 1991

Book Review Forum On Richard J. Parmentier's The Sacred Remains: Myth, History, And Polity In Belau, Richard J. Parmentier, Mac Marshall, Mary S. Mccutcheon, Deverne Reed Smith

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Marty Zelenietz's Review Of David Hanlon's Upon A Stone Altar: A History Of The Island Of Pohnpei To 1890, Marty Zelenietz Mar 1991

Marty Zelenietz's Review Of David Hanlon's Upon A Stone Altar: A History Of The Island Of Pohnpei To 1890, Marty Zelenietz

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Tungaru Conjugal Jealousy And Sexual Mutilation, David E. Lewis Jr. Jul 1990

Tungaru Conjugal Jealousy And Sexual Mutilation, David E. Lewis Jr.

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Micronesia: Writing And Rewriting The Histories Of A Nonentity, David Hanlon Mar 1989

Micronesia: Writing And Rewriting The Histories Of A Nonentity, David Hanlon

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Eve C. Pinsker's Review Of Laura Marie Torres Souder-Jaffery's Daughters Of The Island: Contemporary Chamorro Women Organizers On Guam, Eve C. Pinsker Sep 1988

Eve C. Pinsker's Review Of Laura Marie Torres Souder-Jaffery's Daughters Of The Island: Contemporary Chamorro Women Organizers On Guam, Eve C. Pinsker

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Eve C. Pinsker's Review Of Laura Marie Torres Souder-Jaffery's Daughters Of The Island: Contemporary Chamorro Women Organizers On Guam, Eve C. Pinsker Sep 1988

Eve C. Pinsker's Review Of Laura Marie Torres Souder-Jaffery's Daughters Of The Island: Contemporary Chamorro Women Organizers On Guam, Eve C. Pinsker

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Max Quanchi's Review Of Leonard Mason's Kiribati: A Changing Atoll Culture, Max Quanchi Sep 1987

Max Quanchi's Review Of Leonard Mason's Kiribati: A Changing Atoll Culture, Max Quanchi

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Craig J. Severance's Review Of James G. Peoples's Island In Trust: Culture Change And Dependence In A Micronesian Economy, Craig J. Severance Sep 1987

Craig J. Severance's Review Of James G. Peoples's Island In Trust: Culture Change And Dependence In A Micronesian Economy, Craig J. Severance

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.