| Pathways to the Present: U.S. Development and Its Consequences in the Pacific Contributor(s): Blackford, Mansel G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0824830733 ISBN-13: 9780824830731 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2007 Annotation: 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 Samoa to the south. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Oceania - History | United States - State & Local - Pacific Northwest (or, Wa) |
| Dewey: 338.995 |
| LCCN: 2006035362 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.49" W x 9.16" (1.14 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Cultural Region - Oceania - Cultural Region - Pacific Rim - Geographic Orientation - Hawaii - Geographic Orientation - Alaska - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 S moa to the south. |