Pathways to the Present Mansel G. Blackford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blackford, Mansel G., 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

United States--Relations--Islands of the Pacific.

United States.

Islands of the Pacific--Relations--United States.

Islands of the Pacific.

United States--Insular possessions--History.

United States--Territories and possessions--History.

Aleutian Islands (Alaska)--History.

Aleutian Islands (Alaska).

Islands of the Pacific--History.

Islands of the Pacific--Economic conditions.

Pacific States--History.

Pacific States.

Pacific States--Economic conditions.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Place of Publication:

Honolulu University of Hawai'i Press 2007

Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ranging from the Hawaiian Archipelago to the Aleutian Islands, from Silicon Valley to Guam, Pathways to the Present is a thoroughly researched and concisely argued account of economic and environmental change in the postwar "American" Pacific. Following a brief survey of the history of the Pacific, the author takes the Hawaiian Islands as the center of American activities in the region and looks at interactions among native Hawaiian, developmental, military, and environmental issues in the archipelago after World War II. He then turns to land- and water-use problems that have intersected with more nebulous quality-of-life concerns to generate policy controversies in the Seattle region and the San Francisco Bay area, especially Silicon Valley. Economic expansion and environmentalism in Alaska are examined through the lens of changes occurring along the Aleutians. From there the study considers Hiroshima after its destruction by the atomic bomb in 1945, looking at residents’ desire to combine urban-planning concepts. The author investigates the effort to remake Hiroshima as a high-tech city in the 1990's, an attempt inspired by the perceived success of Silicon Valley, and postwar planning on Okinawa, where American influences were particularly strong. The final chapter takes into account issues raised on Guam regarding the growth of tourism and the use of the island for military purposes and links these to developments in the Philippines to the west and American Sâmoa to the south.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Pacific developments

The Hawaiian Islands: the "healing" of Kahoʻolawe

The Pacific coast: Seattle and Silicon Valley

Alaska: the Aleutian islands

Southern Japan during American occupation: Hiroshima and Okinawa

Guam, the Philippines, and American Samoa

Conclusions

Notes

Bibliographic essay

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-255) and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780824878474

0824878477

9780824863906

0824863909

9781435666337

143566633X

OCLC:

256658072

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access