The Guam Recorder
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 36
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Ancient Chamorro Society
Author: Lawrence J. Cunningham
Publisher: Bess Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781880188057
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive ethnohistory of the earliest people to settle the Mariana Islands. Maps, line drawings, glossary, bibliography, and index.
Mandated Marianas Islands
Author: United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
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Published: 1944
Total Pages: 228
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKColonial Dis-Ease
Author: Anne Perez Hattori
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 2004-07-31
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780824828080
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA variety of cross-cultural collisions and collusions—sometimes amusing, sometimes tragic, but always complex—resulted from the U.S. Navy’s introduction of Western health and sanitation practices to Guam’s native population. In Colonial Dis-Ease, Anne Perez Hattori examines early twentieth-century U.S. military colonialism through the lens of Western medicine and its cultural impact on the Chamorro people. In four case studies, Hattori considers the histories of Chamorro leprosy patients exiled to Culion Leper Colony in the Philippines, hookworm programs for children, the regulation of native midwives and nurses, and the creation and operation of the Susana Hospital for women and children. Changes to Guam’s traditional systems of health and hygiene placed demands not only on Chamorro bodies, but also on their cultural values, social relationships, political controls, and economic expectations. Hattori effectively demonstrates that the new health projects signified more than a benevolent interest in hygiene and the philanthropic sharing of medical knowledge. Rather the navy’s health care regime in Guam was an important vehicle through which U.S. colonial power and moral authority over Chamorros was introduced and entrenched. Medical experts, navy doctors, and health care workers asserted their scientific knowledge as well as their administrative might and in the process became active participants in the colonization of Guam.
A History of Guam
Author: Lawrence J. Cunningham
Publisher: Bess Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9781573060684
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCovers the lives and legends of the first people of Guam and traces the island's development into present day. Illustrations, glossary, index. RL4
Self-determinable Development of Small Islands
Author: Masahide Ishihara
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-06-14
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9811001324
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book aims to clarify the present situation of the relations between small island countries and territories on the one hand and the great powers, mainland areas, and mega-islands on the other, and explores how small island countries and territories preserve and build their identity under globalization. This book is divided into five parts. The first part presents papers on issues that are related to Okinawa: the American military presence, the formation of a global human network, and the history of and language revitalization in Okinawa. The second part includes papers on security in East Asia and the Pacific Region: the history of and present issues in international relations within the South and East China Sea areas. The third part presents papers on economic issues and social developments on small islands. The fourth part deals with ocean policies and marine resource management in the Pacific Region by the United States, Australia, and Japan. Finally, the fifth part presents papers on the revitalization of three indigenous languages. All the chapters of the book are based on the achievements of the research project “Towards New Island Studies: The Ryukyus as an academic node between East Asia and Oceania” conducted by the International Institute for Okinawan Studies at the University of the Ryukyus. This 5-year project was funded by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and aimed to contribute academically to the creation of sustainable and self-determinable societies in small island regions. This work will be extremely useful and informative for readers in small island countries and territories and for researchers who are interested in small island issues to understand the current situation and who wish to consider effectual and feasible solutions.
