Political status
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| Compacts of Free Association: Pacific Islands Treaties and
Agreements, by Igor Kavass (editor) (Buffalo, New York: William S. Hein 1998) (2 volumes) -
"This two volume 1998 compilation brings together the full texts and subsidiary agreements between three sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Palau, and the United
States." This may be useful for those who want to have bound
volumes handy, rather than locating documents on the Web when needed. Be
aware, however, of possible later changes in the documents. |
Embattled Island: Palau's Struggle for
Independence, by Arnold Leibowitz (Westport, Connecticut: Praeger 1996)
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| Speaking to Power: Gender and Politics in the Western
Pacific, by Lynn Wilson (Routledge 1995) |
| Resisting the Serpent: Palau's Struggle for
Self-Determination, by Bob Aldridge, Bob and Ched Myers (Baltimore: Fortkamp 1990) |
| Palau, A Challenge to the Rule of Law in Micronesia: Report of a Mission on behalf of the International Commission of Jurists and the American Association for the International Commission of
Jurists, by William J. Butler, et al. (New York: American Association for the International Commission of Jurists 1988) |
| The United States and Micronesia in Free Association: A Chance to Do
Better?, by Philip W. Manhard (Washington, D.C.: National Defense University 1979) |
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History
- the United States Administration of the
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
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The New Shape of Old Island Cultures: a Half Century of Social Change in
Micronesia, by Francis X. Hezel (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2002)
- many consider Hezel the foremost scholar of Micronesia
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National Security and Self-Determination: United States Policy in Micronesia
(1961-1972), by Howard P. Willens & Deanne C. Siemer (Westport, Connecticut: Praeger 2000)
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Willens was counsel to the Marianas Political Status Commission in the
negotiation of the Covenant.
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Remaking Micronesia: Discourses Over Development in a Pacific Territory,
1944-1982, by David Hanlon (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press 1998)
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The United States and the Pacific
Islands, by John C. Dorrance (Westport, Connecticut: Praeger 1992) - Dorrance served as an official of the U.S. Department of State in the Northern
Marianas.
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The
Edge of Paradise:
America
in
Micronesia,
by P. F. Kluge (New York: Random House 1991) - Kluge, a U.S. Peace Corps
Volunteer in Micronesia, went on to become a successful writer.
This volume sensitively portrays what he found on returning to the
islands some years later.
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| Overreaching in Paradise: United States Policy in Palau Since
1945, by Sue Rabbitt Roff (Juneau, Alaska: Denali Press 1991) |
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The Americanization of Micronesia: A Study of the Consolidation of U.S. Rule in the
Pacific, by Roger Gale (Washington, DC: University Press of America 1979)
- this
volume is hard to find. |
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| Micronesia under American Rule: An Evaluation of the Strategic Trusteeship
(1947-77), by Harold Nufer (Hicksville, NY: Exposition Press 1978) |
| The American Touch in
Micronesia, by David Nevin (New York: W. W. Norton 1977) |
| Micronesia: Trust
Betrayed - Altruism vs. Self Interest in American Foreign Policy, by Donald McHenry (New York: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 1975)
- McHenry served as United States ambassador to the United Nations
during the Carter administration. |
| Micronesia at the Crossroads: A Reappraisal of the Micronesian Political
Dilemma, by Carl Heine (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press 1974)
- the only book covering this period by a Micronesian. |
| Political Development in
Micronesia, by Daniel T. Hughes & Sherwood G. Lingenfelter (editors) (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press 1974) |
| The
Office of Territorial Affairs, by Ruth G. Van Cleve (New York:
Praeger 1974) |
| Micronesia and United States Pacific Strategy: A Blueprint for the
1980s, by James H. Webb (New York: Praeger Publishers 1974) - Webb was elected in
2007 to represent Virginia in the United States Senate. This
volume is hard to find. |
| The Great Pacific Rip-Off: Corporate Rape in the Far
East, by Robert Wenkam (Chicago: Follett 1974) |
| National Security and International Trusteeship in the
Pacific, by William R. Louis (editor) (Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press 1972) |
| Micronesia: the Breadfruit
Revolution, by Robert Wenkam and Byron Baker (Honolulu: East-West Center Press 1971) |
| Microstates and Micronesia: the Problems of America's Pacific Islands and Other Minute
Territories, by Stanley A. De Smith (New York: New York University Press 1970) |
| The Congress of Micronesia: Development of the Legislative Process in the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands, by Norman Meller and Terza Meller (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press 1969) |
| A Reporter in
Micronesia, by E. J. Kahn, Jr. (New York: W. W. Norton (1966) - Kahn was a writer for The New Yorker. |
| United States Naval Administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands, by Dorothy Richards (3 volumes) (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Office of Naval Operations 1957-1963)
- the definitive official history. |
| Paradise in Trust: A Report on Americans in Micronesia,
1946-1958, by Robert Trumbull (New York: Sloane 1959) - Trumbull was a reporter for the New York Times. |
| Pacific
Outpost, American Strategy in Guam
and
Micronesia,
by Earl S. Pomeroy (Palo Alto, California: Stanford University Press
1951) |
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History - the Japanese Mandate
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Nan'yō: The Rise and Fall of the Japanese in Micronesia,
1885-1945, by Mark R. Peattie (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press 1988)
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| Pacific Islands Under Japanese
Mandate, by Tadao Yanaihara (London: Oxford University Press 1940) |
| Japan's Pacific
Mandate, by Paul H. Clyde (New York: MacMillan 1935) |
History - Other
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Historical Dictionary of
Guam
and Micronesia,
by Dirk A. Ballendorf and William Wuerch (Scarecrow Press 1994) |
Strangers
in Their Own Land: A Century of Colonial Rule in the Caroline and
Marshall Islands, by Francis X. Hezel (Honolulu: Center for
Pacific Island Studies 1995) -
as noted above, many consider Hezel the foremost scholar of Micronesia
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Law
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| The
Law of
United
States
Territories
and Affiliated Jurisdictions, by
Stanley
K. Laughlin, Jr. (Rochester, N.Y.: Lawyers Cooperative 1995) - this
volume is hard to find. |
| Defining
Status: A Comprehensive Analysis of United States-Territorial Relations,
by
Arnold
Leibowitz (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff 1989) |
Essential
Principles of Contract and Sales Law in the Northern Pacific: Federated
States of Micronesia, the Republics of Palau and the
Marshall
Islands,
and United
States
Territories,
by Daniel P. Ryan (iUniverse 2005)
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| Micronesian Navigation, Island Empires, and Traditional Concepts of Ownership of the
Sea, by Masao Nakayama and Fredrick L. Ramp (Saipan, Mariana Islands: Congress of Micronesia 1974) -
this volume is very hard to find. |
| Land
in
Micronesia
and Its Resources: An Annotated Bibliography,
compiled by E.H. Bryan, Jr. and staff (Honolulu:
Pacific Scientific Information Center, Bernice P. Bishop Museum 1970) |
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Anthropology
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| Society and Life in Palau: Collective Works of Hijikata
Hisakatsu, edited by Endo Hisashi (Tokyo: Sasakawa Peace Foundation 1993)
- Hijikata Hisakatsu lived in Palau from 1929 to 1931 and again from
1939 until 1942. |
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Words of the Lagoon: Fishing and Marine Lore in the Palau District of
Micronesia, by Robert E. Johannes (Berkeley: University of California Press
1992) - this is a reprint of the 1981
edition, and contains some additional material.
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| Palauan Social
Structure, by Deverne R. Smith (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press 1983) |
| Just One House: A Description and Analysis of Kinship in the Palau
Islands,
by Roland W. Force and Maryanne Force (Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press 1972) |
| Being a
Palauan, by Homer G. Barnett (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1960) |
Palauan Society: a Study of Contemporary Native Life in the Palau Islands,
by Homer G. Barnett (Eugene, Oregon: University of Oregon 1949) |
Other
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| Palau: Portrait of
Paradise, by Mandy T. Etpison (Koror, Palau: NECO Marine 1997) |
| Atlas of
Micronesia, by Bruce G. Karolle (second edition; Honolulu, Hawaii: Bess Press 1997) |
| Tuna Issues and Perspectives in the Pacific Islands
Region, edited by David J. Doulman (Honolulu: Pacific Islands Development Program 1987) |
| With Their Islands Around
Them, by Kenneth Brower (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1974) |
