| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 267 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-255) and index. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| 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 1990s, 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. |
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Pacific States -- Economic conditions.
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Pacific States -- History.
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Islands of the Pacific -- Economic conditions.
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Islands of the Pacific -- History.
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Aleutian Islands (Alaska) -- History.
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United States -- Territories and possessions -- History.
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United States -- Insular possessions -- History.
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Islands of the Pacific -- Relations -- United States.
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United States -- Relations -- Islands of the Pacific.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
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International relations. (OCoLC)fst00977053
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United States territories and possessions. (OCoLC)fst01355190
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Alaska -- Aleutian Islands.
(OCoLC)fst01239641
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Pacific Ocean -- Islands of the Pacific.
(OCoLC)fst01244201
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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United States -- Pacific States.
(OCoLC)fst01243532
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Internationale Politik.
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Grundeigentum.
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Wirtschaftsbeziehungen.
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Ozeanien.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Blackford, Mansel G., 1944- Pathways to the present. Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2007 9780824830731 0824830733 (DLC) 2006035362 (OCoLC)74492101 |
| ISBN |
9781435666337 (electronic bk.) |
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143566633X (electronic bk.) |
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9780824863906 (electronic bk.) |
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0824863909 (electronic bk.) |
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9780824830731 (hardcover ;) (alk. paper) |
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0824830733 (hardcover ;) (alk. paper) |
