Book Description
Provides basic reference material on Micronesia, a region encompassing a vast area of the tropical western Pacific Ocean. Includes the Mariana, Caroline, Marshall, and Gilbert islands and the island nation of Nauru.
Author : William L. Wuerch
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 22,29 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810828582
Provides basic reference material on Micronesia, a region encompassing a vast area of the tropical western Pacific Ocean. Includes the Mariana, Caroline, Marshall, and Gilbert islands and the island nation of Nauru.
Author : Lawrence J. Cunningham
Publisher : Bess Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 11,77 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9781573060462
A thorough introduction to the land, resources, and communities of Guam and Micronesia. Glossary, index. RL3
Author : Evelyn Flores
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 11,16 MB
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0824877381
For the first time, poetry, short stories, critical and creative essays, chants, and excerpts of plays by Indigenous Micronesian authors have been brought together to form a resounding—and distinctly Micronesian—voice. With over two thousand islands spread across almost three million square miles of the Pacific Ocean, Micronesia and its peoples have too often been rendered invisible and insignificant both in and out of academia. This long-awaited anthology of contemporary indigenous literature will reshape Micronesia’s historical and literary landscape. Presenting over seventy authors and one hundred pieces, Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia features nine of the thirteen basic language groups, including Palauan, Chamorro, Chuukese, I-Kiribati, Kosraean, Marshallese, Nauruan, Pohnpeian, and Yapese. The volume editors, from Micronesia themselves, have selected representative works from throughout the region—from Palau in the west, to Kiribati in the east, to the global diaspora. They have reached back for historically groundbreaking work and scouted the present for some of the most cited and provocative of published pieces and for the most promising new authors. Richly diverse, the stories of Micronesia’s resilient peoples are as vast as the sea and as deep as the Mariana Trench. Challenging centuries-old reductive representations, writers passionately explore seven complex themes: “Origins” explores creation, foundational, and ancestral stories; “Resistance” responds to colonialism and militarism; “Remembering” captures diverse memories and experiences; “Identities” articulates the nuances of culture; “Voyages” maps migration and diaspora; “Family” delves into interpersonal and community relationships; and “New Micronesia” gathers experimental, liminal, and cutting-edge voices. This anthology reflects a worldview unique to the islands of Micronesia, yet it also connects to broader issues facing Pacific Islanders and indigenous peoples throughout the world. It is essential reading for anyone interested in Pacific, indigenous, diasporic, postcolonial, and environmental studies and literatures.
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Page : 520 pages
File Size : 48,43 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Micronesia
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Page : 224 pages
File Size : 13,59 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Guam
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Author : Earl Spencer Pomeroy
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Page : 232 pages
File Size : 38,38 MB
Release : 1970
Category : History
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Author : James M. Vincent
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Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,11 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Micronesia
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Page : 480 pages
File Size : 17,2 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Micronesia
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Author : United States. General Accounting Office
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Page : 114 pages
File Size : 32,85 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Hawaii
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Author : Reilly Ridgell
Publisher : Bess Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 28,32 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 9781573060011
Provides a background in Pacific geography, culture, and history, plus an overview of the different Pacific island groups.