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Making Micronesia: A Political Biography of Tosiwo Nakayama
David Hanlon
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Description for Making Micronesia: A Political Biography of Tosiwo Nakayama
Hardcover. This book is a political biography of Toshio Nakayama, the first president of the Federated States of Micronesia. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Making Micronesia is the story of Tosiwo Nakayama, the first president of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Born to a Japanese father and an island woman in 1931 on an atoll northwest of the main Chuuk Lagoon group, Nakayama grew up during Japan’s colonial administration of greater Micronesia and later proved adept at adjusting to life in post-war Chuuk and under the American-administered Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. After studying at the University of Hawai‘i, Nakayama returned to Chuuk in 1958 and quickly advanced through a series of administrative positions before winning election to the House of Delegates ... Read more
Making Micronesia is the story of Tosiwo Nakayama, the first president of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Born to a Japanese father and an island woman in 1931 on an atoll northwest of the main Chuuk Lagoon group, Nakayama grew up during Japan’s colonial administration of greater Micronesia and later proved adept at adjusting to life in post-war Chuuk and under the American-administered Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. After studying at the University of Hawai‘i, Nakayama returned to Chuuk in 1958 and quickly advanced through a series of administrative positions before winning election to the House of Delegates ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Univ of Hawaii Pr
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824838461
SKU
V9780824838461
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About David Hanlon
David Hanlon is a past director of the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawai'i at M?noa, USA. A former editor of The Contemporary Pacific: A Journal of Island Affairs and the Pacific Islands Monograph Series, he currently teaches in the university's Department of History.
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