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- Making Micronesia: A Political Biography of Tosiwo Nakayama
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: University of Hawai'i Press
summary
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 (later Senate) of the Congress of Micronesia. He served as its president from 1965 to1967 and again from 1973 to 1978.
Nakayama’s rise to prominence constitutes a remarkable story given the physical, political, and cultural distances he negotiated. His engagements with colonialism, decolonization, and nation-making place him squarely in the middle of the most important issues in twentieth-century Pacific Islands history. The study of his life also invites a reconsideration of migration, transnational crossings, and the actual size of island worlds.
Table of Contents
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- List of Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xiv
- 1. A World of Islands
- pp. 16-41
- 2. Japanese Times
- pp. 42-60
- 3. An Education
- pp. 61-92
- 4. Representing Micronesia, 1961–1975
- pp. 93-127
- 5. Constituting a Nation
- pp. 128-158
- 6. One Canoe
- pp. 159-183
- 7. Governing a Rainbow
- pp. 184-215
- 8. Rough Seas and Later Years
- pp. 216-246
- Bibliography
- pp. 289-300
Additional Information
ISBN
9780824838478
Related ISBN(s)
9780824838461
MARC Record
OCLC
890146487
Pages
344
Launched on MUSE
2014-10-03
Language
English
Open Access
No