Territorial discontent : CHamorus, Filipinos, and the making of the United States empire in Guåhan / Kristin Oberiano

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oberiano, Kristin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chamorro (Micronesian people)--Guam--History--20th century.

Chamorro (Micronesian people).

Filipinos--Guam--History--20th century.

Filipinos.

Settler colonialism--Guam--History--20th century.

Settler colonialism.

Guam--Race relations--Political aspects--History.

Guam.

Guam--Ethnic relations--Political aspects--History.

United States--Territories and possessions--Politics and government.

United States.

Race relations--Political aspects.

Ethnic relations--Political aspects.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations, maps

Other Title:

CHamorus, Filipinos, and the making of the United States empire in Guåhan

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2026]

Summary:

"This one-hundred-year history of the island of Guåhan, also known as Guam, charts how Indigenous CHamorus and Filipino migrants navigated and negotiated the expansion of US imperialism and militarism in the Pacific. Throughout the twentieth century, CHamorus and Filipinos living in Guåhan expressed their discontent with the inequities created by the US empire. Instead of partaking in outright anticolonial movements, they advocated for liberal solutions such as individual rights, land ownership, economic opportunities, and US citizenship. Unraveling this entangled history, Kristin Oberiano exposes the limitations of liberalism in anticolonial resistance. Tracing the long history of CHamoru-Filipino relations, from the exile of Filipino revolutionaries to Guåhan to the burgeoning CHamoru self-determination movement, Territorial Discontent grapples with the varied motives that propelled CHamorus and Filipinos to rely on the limited liberal promise of freedom. Oberiano reveals that implementing these solutions for one group too often required the continued colonization of the other, entrenching US colonialism in Guåhan and enflaming tensions between CHamorus and Filipinos. Examining these antagonisms, Oberiano argues that building relationships with the CHamoru virtue of inafa’maolek—“to make good”—can nurture CHamoru-Filipino solidarities and illuminate alternative possibilities for Guåhan’s ongoing decolonization movement"-- JSTOR

Contents:

Introduction : CHamorus, Filipinos, and US liberal militarism in empire

Colonial siblings : Filipino revolutionaries and the CHamoru elite in imperial transition

Of a separate race : Race, citizenship, and belonging in naval-era Guåhan

Natives and aliens : CHamoru land dispossession, Filipino migrant labor, and settler militarism in Guåhan

Newly American : US citizenship as settler militarism

The paradox of paradise : The rise of multiculturalism and CHamoru–Filipino tensions

Commonwealth now! Envisioning Indigenous CHamoru self-determination in a multicultural Guåhan

Conclusion : Toward decolonization

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed October 2, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Oberiano, Kristin Territorial discontent

ISBN:

9781469688084

1469688085

9781469693927

1469693925

OCLC:

1612985122

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license