Settler militarism : World War II in Hawai'i and the making of US empire / Juliet Nebolon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nebolon, Juliet, 1989- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Settler colonialism--Hawaii--History.

Settler colonialism.

Martial law--Hawaii--History--20th century.

Martial law.

World War, 1939-1945--Hawaii.

World War, 1939-1945.

Hawaiians--Ethnic identity--History.

Hawaiians.

United States--Armed Forces--Hawaii--History.

United States.

Hawaii--Colonization--Social aspects.

Hawaii.

Physical Description:

xiii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

World War II in Hawai'i and the making of US empire

World War Two in Hawai'i and the making of United States empire

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"Settler Militarism examines US empire building in Hawai'i during the 1941-1944 period of martial law. Using settler militarism as a framing concept, Juliet Nebolon explores the dynamic through which settler colonialism and militarization simultaneously perpetuated, legitimated, and concealed one another. She argues that settler militarism operated through a regime of racial liberal biopolitics that socially reproduced the uneven racialized, gendered, and colonial relations of imperial war. From land acquisition, to wartime education and language reform, and the development of internment and prisoner of war camps, Nebolon reveals the extent of settler militarism's effects across the Pacific Islands, Asia, and the United States. By investigating these actions as transnational and imperial, she not only demonstrates the continued dispossession of Indigenous peoples, but also the lasting and unfinished nature of imperial projects"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Settler Militarism, Racial Liberal Biopolitics, and Social Reproduction

"National Defense is Based on Land": Landscapes of Settler Militarism in Hawai'i

"Life Given Straight from the Heart": Securing Body, Base, and Nation under Martial Law

"The First Line of Defense is Our Home": Settler Military Domesticity in World War II-Era Hawai'i

"A Citizenship Laboratory": Education and Language Reform in the Wartime Classroom

Settler Military Camps: Internment and Prisoner of War Camps across the Pacific Islands

The Making of US Empire

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Nebolon, Juliet, 1989- Settler militarism

ISBN:

9781478031017

1478031018

9781478026778

1478026774

OCLC:

1419440774