LEADER 04374nam 2200757 450 001 9910463824803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8203-4456-7 010 $a0-8203-4778-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000575107 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001370690 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11799890 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001370690 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11292659 035 $a(PQKB)11450048 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1836113 035 $a(OCoLC)896893710 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35635 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1836113 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10987033 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL660061 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000575107 100 $a20141001h20152015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe empires' edge $emilitarization, resistance, and transcending hegemony in the Pacific /$fSasha Davis 210 1$aAthens :$cThe University of Georgia Press,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (171 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aGeographies of justice and social transformation 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8203-4735-3 311 $a1-322-28781-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aHegemony and Affinity in the Islands of Empire -- Surveying the Baseworld -- Seeing like an Empire : Islands as Wastelands -- Local Resistances and Imperial Reactions -- Colonialism, Militarization, Tourism, and Environment as Nexus -- Networks of Affinity and Myths of the Postcolonial Pacific. 330 2 $a"In the past decade the Asia-Pacific region has become a focus of international politics and military strategies. Due to China's rising economic and military strength, North Korea's nuclear tests and missile launches, tense international disputes over small island groups in the seas around Asia, and the United States pivoting a majority of its military forces to the region, the islands of the western Pacific have increasingly become the center of global attention. While the Pacific is a current hotbed of geopolitical rivalry and intense militarization, the region is also something else: a homeland to the hundreds of millions of people that inhabit it. Based on a decade of research in the region, The Empires' Edge examines the tremendous damage the militarization of the Pacific has wrought on its people and environments. Furthermore, Davis details how contemporary social movements in this region are affecting global geopolitics by challenging the military use of Pacific islands and by developing a demilitarized view of security based on affinity, mutual aid, and international solidarity. Through an examination of 'sacrificed' islands from across the region--including Bikini Atoll, Okinawa, Hawai'i, and Guam--The Empires' Edge makes the case that the great political contest of the twenty-first century is not about which country gets hegemony in a global system but rather about the choice between perpetuating a system of international relations based on domination or pursuing a more egalitarian and cooperative future"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aGeographies of justice and social transformation. 606 $aHegemony 606 $aMilitarism$zIslands of the Pacific 606 $aMilitarism$xEnvironmental aspects$zIslands of the Pacific 606 $aInternational cooperation$xPhilosophy 606 $aGeopolitics$zIslands of the Pacific 606 $aSocial movements$zIslands of the Pacific 607 $aIslands of the Pacific$xRelations$zDeveloped countries 607 $aDeveloped countries$xRelations$zIslands of the Pacific 607 $aIslands of the Pacific$xPolitics and government 607 $aIslands of the Pacific$xEnvironmental conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHegemony. 615 0$aMilitarism 615 0$aMilitarism$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aInternational cooperation$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aGeopolitics 615 0$aSocial movements 676 $a355/.033095 700 $aDavis$b Sasha$f1971-$0901320 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463824803321 996 $aThe empires' edge$92014683 997 $aUNINA