The Mariana Islands in the Colonial Press, 1898 to 1950: An Annotated Bibliography
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Book
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ISBN 10
1878453572
ISBN 13
9781878453570
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Books--History
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Publication Year
2018
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Pages
114
Subject
History; Bibliography; Northern Mariana Islands
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This bibliography includes English language books, articles, and reports written during a 50-year period sandwiched between the seizure of Guam by the United States at the start of the Spanish-American War, and the establishment of the Trusteeship system in the immediate post-World War II era.
As the title indicates, non-indigenous observers, overwhelmingly Euro-American citizens of the United States, authored the vast majority of these works. The authors included military, religious, and administrative personnel assigned to the islands, strategists and policy makers who worked from offices thousands of miles distant, and various others who had some interest in eithr Guam or the smaller islands in the archipelago that now comprise the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
While many of these works contain useful information about the history of Mariana Islands and the cultures of her people, as a body of documentation they are perhaps more revealing of the United States as a Pacific colonial power: entries range from the early jingoistic expressions of pride following the acqui8sition of Guam at the turn of the century, to the complex policies of a world superpower in the immediate post-World War II era. - from Amzon
As the title indicates, non-indigenous observers, overwhelmingly Euro-American citizens of the United States, authored the vast majority of these works. The authors included military, religious, and administrative personnel assigned to the islands, strategists and policy makers who worked from offices thousands of miles distant, and various others who had some interest in eithr Guam or the smaller islands in the archipelago that now comprise the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
While many of these works contain useful information about the history of Mariana Islands and the cultures of her people, as a body of documentation they are perhaps more revealing of the United States as a Pacific colonial power: entries range from the early jingoistic expressions of pride following the acqui8sition of Guam at the turn of the century, to the complex policies of a world superpower in the immediate post-World War II era. - from Amzon
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