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vii Contents Maps and Tables viii Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi PROLOGUE Guam: Center of the First Province 1 1 Aliens 1521–1638 6 2 The Place of Before Time Ancestors 1638–1662 22 3 Father San Vitores 1662–1672 38 4 The Spanish Conquest 1672–1698 54 5 Oasis in the Ocean 1698–1800 69 6 Twilight of Pax Hispanica 1800–1898 84 7 The Anglo-Saxon Way 1898–1903 102 8 Ordered Tranquility 1903–1918 120 9 The Quest for Identity 1918–1941 135 10 The Way of the Samurai 1941–1944 152 11 Return of the Americans 1944–1945 170 12 Gibraltar of the American Lake 1945–1950 190 13 Under the Organic Act 1950–1970 206 14 Ocean Chrysalis 1970–1980 226 15 Unfinished Quests 1980–1990 243 16 Recession 1990–2003 265 EPILOGUE Guam: A Neocolonial Anachronism 286 Appendix 289 Abbreviations 293 Notes 297 Glossary 351 Bibliography 357 Index 383 ...

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