For the people of Guam, World War II divided their modern history into three distinct periods: ante de i guerra, durante i guerra, and despues de i guerra―before the war, during the war, and after the war. Ben Blaz was thirteen years old when the Japanese invaded, and Bisita Guam is his story. illus.

Bisita Guam: Let Us Remember (Nihi Ta Hasso): Remembrances of the Occupation Years in World War II (Marc Publications Series)

History

Blaz, Ben

Australia & Oceania

University of Guam Press

This work is a compilation of references to la lepra (leprosy) in the Mariana Islands during the Spanish Administration (1668–1898). The references are found primarily in documents housed in the Spanish Documents Collection of the Richard Flores Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center at the University of Guam. A brief addenda encompasses references from the American Naval Administration of Guam and the post–World War II period, 1899–1949.illus.

Lepers in the Mariana Islands during the Spanish Administration, 1668-1898, and Addenda (1899-1949) (Marc Publications Series, 29)

Driver, Marjorie G.

"Under this modest title is hidden one of the world’s most fascinating volumes. The author, who apparently came as close to knowing everything possible in modern times, was professionally both a botanist in the United States Department of Agriculture and a lieutenant in the United States Navy. In this latter capacity he served for a year as assistant governor of Guam. In somewhat over four hundred pages he not only takes up all the native and crop plants of any importance, but also touches on such subjects as the history of pirates in the Pacific, how floating seeds led to the discovery of ocean currents, the grammar of the native language, the actual anatomical means by which stinging plants attain their devilish ends, and the aspect of the various kinds of tropical vegetation on the island , each of these digressions being developed with finicky regard for accuracy and appropriately embellished with authoritative footnotes." ―Edgar Anderson, botanist and author of Man, Plants, and Life

Useful Plants of Guam: A Facsimile Edition Reprint of the Original Book Published in 1905

Science & Math

Stafford, William Edwin

Biological Sciences

CHamoru Legends: A Gathering of Stories

Literature & Fiction

Perez, Teresita Lourdes

United States

Francisco Garcia's book is of a genre that has no modern equivalent. Although its title would seem to stamp it as a biography, the book might better be described as part history, part hagiography, part travel adventure, and part devotional literature. It is easy to understand why Garcia's biography was translated into English piecemeal. Three different translators extracted from the volume what corresponded to their own interests: Margaret M. Higgins selecting what touched on the local history and culture of the Chamorro people, Sr. Felicia Plaza excerpting those parts that touched directly on the life of San Vitores, and Fr. Juan Ledesma translating the remainder. Garcia's original was intended as a testimony to the saintliness of Diego Luis de san Vitores, the man who introduced the Christian faith to the Marianas. It was written as a tale of personal heroism, its hero the Jesuit missionary priest whose virtues were not allowed to speak for themselves but were authenticated by, numerous instances of divine intervention. Miracles, those extraordinary instances of God's action in the world, were regarded as rather common occurrences in the day in which Garcia wrote, and the volume offers many examples. But such excesses, as we would regard them today, and the simplistic world view that inspired this style of writing should not blind us to the fact that the book rests on a solid historical base. We should recall that Garcia drew upon the missionaries' own letters and annual reports to fashion his biography. The scope of the book includes not just the four brief years of San Vitores's life on Guam, but another ten years of missionary work following his death. The volume offers a detailed narrative of the early critical years of mission activity between 1668 and 1682 in this earliest of mission fields in Oceania. As a historical source for this period Garcia's book is indispensable. -- Francis X. Hezel, S.J.

The Life and Martyrdom of Diego Luis de San Vitores, S.J. (2nd Edition) (Marc Monagraph Series, 3)

Biographies & Memoirs

S.J., Francisco García

Community & Culture

A Marianas Mosaic: Signs and Shifts in Contemporary Island Life

A Marianas Mosaic: Signs and Shifts in Contemporary Island Life features authors in and of the Mariana Islands writing in voices that range from scholarly to poetic about the social, political, and cultural dynamics unfolding across the archipelago. This mosaic of perspectives touches on topics pertinent to contemporary island life including traditional healing, family trauma, sovereignty movements, local clothing brands, multimedia advocacy, spirituality, and more. This collection illuminates the complexity and beauty of the region and provides a deeper understanding of Marianas history and experiences.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

The Secret Guam Study, Second Edition

Willens, Howard P.

Ballendorf, Dirk A.

Politics & Government

On February 1, 1975, National Security Adviser Henry A. Kissinger informed the departments of Defense, Interior, and State that President Gerald R. Ford had decided that the U.S. should seek agreement with Guamanian representatives on a commonwealth relationship no less favorable than that which we are negotiating with the Northern Marianas. This presidential decision was based on a year-long classified study by these agencies, which concluded that the national security and defense interests of the U.S. required that Guam's legitimate complains about its political status be promptly addressed.

Americas

Ulithi Atoll, Micronesia draws together rich and varied sources of information on this important Pacific Island community. Representing multi-disciplinary research and literary traditions, the 12 authors report on various aspects of life, culture, economics, human development, island challenges, and the ecology of Ulithi. Experiences of Ulithians are traced through successive periods of competitive explorers and traders; the Spanish, German, Japanese, and US colonial periods; and finally, Ulithi's emergence into its self-governing status within Yap State of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Each author of this book has had significant experience within Ulithi Atoll and among Ulithian people. Three of the writers- Eulalia Harui-Walsh, Joliene Hasugulayag, and Joshua Walsh- bring their own indigenous experiences and wisdom to their chapters. Each chapter is enriched by information about or provided by contemporary Ulithians.

Ulithi Atoll, Micronesia

Anthropology

This textbook describes the principles of science in relation to island ecosystems through the perspective of environmental science,

Tropical Pacific Island Environments

Christopher; Schefter, Maria Lobban

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