Strangers in their own land
Subtitle: a century of colonial rule in the Caroline and Marshall Islands
By: Francis X. Hezel.
Series: Pacific islands monograph series ;; 13; Pacific islands monograph series ;; no. 13.
Publisher: Center for Pacific Island Studies, School of Hawaiian, Asian & Pacific Studies, University of Hawai'i : University of Hawai'i Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
Number of pages: 473
Subjects: Caroline Islands -- History.
Description: In the short space of a single lifetime, from 1886 to 1945, four colonial regimes planted their flags in the area. Each of these regimes came with differing capabilities, languages, customs and notions of mission. Hezel has written an authoritative and engaging narrative of this succession of colonial regimes, drawing upon a broad range of published and archival sources as well as his own considerable knowledge of the region.
Notes: A copy was presented to the Library on the occasion of its Bicentennial by the Embassy of the Federated States of Micronesia.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-457) and index.
Colored map of the Pacific Islands on endpapers.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Illustrations; title: Preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: 1 Spanish Colors over the Carolines; title: 2 Commerce and Christianity; title: 3 In the Shadow of the German Eagle; title: 4 Sunbust in the South Seas; title: 5 The Imperial Garden; title: 6 Colonialism with a New Name; title: 7 Micronesia Remade; title: Notes; title: References; title: Index.