Coral and Concrete
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Coral and Concrete

Remembering Kwajalein Atoll between Japan, America, and the Marshall Islands

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Coral and Concrete

Remembering Kwajalein Atoll between Japan, America, and the Marshall Islands

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Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Year
2018
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9780824855246
Topic
History
Subtopic
Australian & Oceanian History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Notes on Style
  4. Maps
  5. Glossary
  6. Prelude: The Middle of Now-here
  7. CHAPTER 1. Coral and Concrete: Paradigm for Pacific Pasts
  8. CHAPTER 2. Mapping “the Martial Islands”: Imagi-Nations and Mythologies of Kwajalein
  9. CHAPTER 3. Chasing the Chieftain’s Daughter: Dancing Japan’s Pacific Desires
  10. CHAPTER 4. Bones: Confronting the Atollscapes of War
  11. CHAPTER 5. Capturing Liberation: American Imag(in)ings of the Battle of Kwajalein
  12. CHAPTER 6. The Haunted Bathtub: Encountering the Spirits of the Atoll
  13. CHAPTER 7. Dislocations: Moving Land, Moving People
  14. CHAPTER 8. Homecoming, 2016: The Ri-Kuwajleen Revolution
  15. CHAPTER 9. Atollism: Reconnecting Kwajalein’s Past into the Present
  16. Notes
  17. Works Cited
  18. Image Notes
  19. Index
  20. About the Author

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