Political status - the
Covenant
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An
Honorable Accord: The Covenant Between the
Northern
Mariana Islands
and the
United
States,
by Howard P. Willens and Deanne C. Siemer (Honolulu:
University
of
Hawai'i
Press 2002) - Willens was counsel to the Marianas Political Status
Commission in the negotiation of the Covenant.
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| The Northern Marianas Covenant and American Territorial
Relations, by Paul M. Leary (Berkeley: University of California 1980) |
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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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) |
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National Security and International Trusteeship in the
Pacific, by William R. Louis (editor) (Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press 1972)
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| Micronesia: the Breadfruit
Revolution, by Robert Wenkam and Byron Baker (Honolulu: East-West Center Press 1971) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
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History - Other
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|
Historical Dictionary of
Guam
and Micronesia,
by Dirk A. Ballendorf and William Wuerch (Scarecrow Press 1994)
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| From Arabwal to Ashes: A Brief History of Garapan Village, 1818 to
1945, by Scott Russell (Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands: Department of Education, Government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 1984) |
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Law
|
| 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) |
Other
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| 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) |
