Cultures of Commemoration: The Politics of War, Memory, and History in the Mariana Islands 9780824860318

In 1941 the Japanese military attacked the US naval base Pearl Harbor on the Hawaiian island of O‘ahu. Although much has

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Cultures of Commemoration: The Politics of War, Memory, and History in the Mariana Islands
 9780824860318

Table of contents :
Editor’s Note
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: War, Memory, History
Chapter 1. Loyalty and Liberation
Chapter 2. World War II in the Mariana Islands
Chapter 3. The War’s Aftermath
Chapter 4. From Processions to Parades
Chapter 5. The Land without Heroes
Chapter 6. On the Margins of Memory and History
Chapter 7. On the Life Death of Father Dueñas
Notes
References
Index

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