Table of Contents “...'Imperialism, as such, is a newly coined word': Empire and Oceania -- 'The task of "Empire un-building" is a difficult one': decolonization -- 'Britain's withdrawal east of Suez is also a withdrawal west of Panama': the end in the Pacific: when, why, and how? ...”

Table of Contents “...Wish upon a Star: Merdeka as West Papuans' Decolonization Hope -- Dreams: What Does the Future Hold? ...”

Table of Contents “...Civilization at the crossroads -- Decolonizing the women's pan-pacific -- Interracial friendship -- Population, peace, and protection -- Culture and identity -- Race politics in the cold war....”

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Subjects “...Decolonization Economic aspects Islands of the Pacific....”

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Table of Contents “...Historical perspectives on the Pacific. Representations of cultural identities / Vilsoni Hereniko -- Decolonizing Hawaiian literature / Haunani-Kay Trask -- Where the spirits laugh last : comic theater in Samoa / Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard -- Developments in creative writing in Western Polynesia : fitting the self into the mosaic of the contemporary Pacific / Sina Vaai -- Reluctant voyages into otherness : practice and appraisal in Papua New Guinean literature / Regis Stella -- In search of a "written fagogo" : contemporary Pacific literature for children / D.S. ...”

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Table of Contents “...Herr -- American impact on the Pacific islands since World War II / Donald D. Johnson -- Imperial remnants: decolonization and political change in the British Pacific islands / Barrie MacDonald....”

Table of Contents “...War stories from the Pacific theater; 19. Prophets and rebels of decolonization; 20. ...”