04456oam 22008294a 450 991026523980332120230621140245.00-8248-7847-70-8248-6390-91-4356-6633-X10.1515/9780824863906(CKB)1000000000538512(OCoLC)256658072(CaPaEBR)ebrary10386668(SSID)ssj0000218761(PQKBManifestationID)11191130(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000218761(PQKBWorkID)10220390(PQKB)11279185(MiAaPQ)EBC3413272(MdBmJHUP)muse11413(DE-B1597)484690(DE-B1597)9780824863906(ScCtBLL)8d82685d-cfff-49ff-83e6-f1974dc2db90(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36673(EXLCZ)99100000000053851220061023d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPathways to the PresentMansel G. BlackfordHonoluluUniversity of Hawai'i Press2007Honolulu :University of Hawai'i Press,2007.©2007.1 online resource (282 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8248-3073-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-255) and index.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.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 1990's, 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.History / United StatesbisacshHistoryUnited StatesRelationsIslands of the PacificIslands of the PacificRelationsUnited StatesUnited StatesInsular possessionsHistoryUnited StatesTerritories and possessionsHistoryAleutian Islands (Alaska)HistoryIslands of the PacificHistoryIslands of the PacificEconomic conditionsPacific StatesHistoryPacific StatesEconomic conditionsElectronic books. HistoryAlaskaGuamHiroshimaKahoolaweNative HawaiiansSeattleUnited StatesHistory / United StatesHistory338.995Blackford Mansel G.1944-916017MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910265239803321Pathways to the Present2427858UNINA