| Portion of title |
Connected histories of the Pacific across North and South |
| Contents |
Meaningful Connections: Reflections on Transpacific Consciousness / Dario Di Rosa -- Promise and Protection: New Guinea Villagers and the Role of Christianity During the Pacific War / Danton Leary -- Anthropology and Colonial Administration in Transpacific Perspective: Australian "Government Anthropology" in New Guinea and Japanese "Practical Ethnology" in the South Sea Islands, 1924-41 / Christine Winter -- Australian Military Sexual Adventurism in the New Guinea Campaign, 1942-45 / Caroline Norma -- Japan's Last Colonial Frontier: Settler Migration, Development, and Expansionism in the Brazilian Amazon / Facundo Garasino -- War Movements of people: War Evacuees and Military Linguists of Japanese Language in Australia During the Pacific War / Yasuko Hassall Kobayashi -- The Hiroshima Panels and Australia / Alexander Brown -- The Journey to the Archipelago: Shimao Toshio, Southern Localism, and the Dream of Japanesia / Shinnosuke Takahashi -- Fantastic and Fanciful Gazes at Pacific Island Women: A Japanese Travel Journalist Kanetaka Kaoru's Impressions from Her Journey in 1961 / Ryota Nishino -- In Place of Conclusion: Weaving the Pacific / Tessa Morris-Suzuki. |
| Abstract |
"This book argues that transpacific history cannot be comprehended without including "vertical" connections; namely, those between the southern hemisphere and the northern hemisphere. It explores such connections by uncovering small histories of ordinary people's attempts at ̐uev̐uenements which they undertake by means of uneven, unlevel, and multidirectional mobilities. In this way, this book goes beyond the usual notion of transpacific history as a matter of Northern Hemisphere-centric connections between the United States and Asian countries, and enables us to imagine a transpacific space as a more dynamic and multi-faceted world of human mobilities and connections. In this book, both eminent and burgeoning historians uncover the stories of little-known, myriad encounters in various parts of the Asia-Pacific region. By exploring cases whose actors include soldiers, missionaries, colonial administrators, journalists, essayists, and artists, the book highlights the significance of "vertical" perspectives in understanding complex histories of the region"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Transpacific visions Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021] 9781793621337 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2021033987 |
| ISBN | 9781793621320 |
| ISBN | 1793621322 |
| ISBN | 9781793621344 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1793621349 |
| ISBN | (epub) |
