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008 180221s2018 hiuab b 001 0 eng c
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020 _a9780824855215
_q(cloth ;
_qalk. paper)
035 _a20387074
035 _a(HU)4843853
040 _beng
_cFoundation University
_drda
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_aa-ja---
_an-us---
050 0 0 _aDU 710
_b.2018 D86
100 1 _aDvorak, Greg,
_eauthor.
_912765
245 1 0 _aCoral and concrete :
_bremembering Kwajalein Atoll between Japan, America, and the Marshall Islands /
_cGreg Dvorak.
264 1 _aHonolulu :
_bUniversity of Hawaiʻi Press,
_c[2018]
_42018.
300 _axxxi, 313 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aAsia Pacific flows
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aCoral and concrete : paradigm for Pacific pasts -- Mapping "the Martial Islands" : imagi-nations and mythologies of Kwajalein -- Chasing the chieftain's daughter : dancing Japan's Pacific desires -- Bones : confronting the atollscapes of war -- Capturing liberation : American imag(in)ings of the Battle of Kwajalein -- The haunted bathtub : encountering the spirits of the atoll -- Dislocations : moving land, moving people -- Homecoming, 2016 : the Ri-Kuwajleen revolution -- Atollism : reconnecting Kwajalein's past into the present.
520 _aThis cultural history of Kwajalein and intersections of empire in the Marshall Islands has, in some ways, taken my whole life to write. My observations as a small child walking along the reefs of this immense atoll, and the many learnings I experienced living between Oceania, the United States, and Japan, were all made possible through the generosity of countless people and organizations.
651 0 _aKwajalein Atoll (Marshall Islands)
_xHistory.
_912766
651 0 _aKwajalein Atoll (Marshall Islands)
_xRelations
_zJapan.
_912767
651 0 _aJapan
_xRelations
_zMarshall Islands
_zKwajalein Atoll.
_912768
651 0 _aKwajalein Atoll (Marshall Islands)
_xRelations
_zUnited States.
_912769
651 0 _aUnited States
_xRelations
_zMarshall Islands
_zKwajalein Atoll.
_912770
700 _aAbinales, Patricio
_eeditor
_912772
700 _aWesley-Smith, Terence
_eeditor
_912773
830 0 _aAsia Pacific flows.
_912771
942 _2lcc
_cBK
_hDU 710
_i.2018 D86
_k(DAFA-FA)
999 _c5156
_d5156