Island Encounters

From Habele Institute

Lindstrom, Lamont (1990). Island Encounters. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 978-0-87474-457-6.


Abstract: "Island Encounters: Black and White Memories of the Pacific War" is a book that explores the significant cultural impact of World War II on Pacific Islanders, utilizing a collection of photographs from various sources like Japanese newspapers, American veteran albums, and Allied military archives, alongside oral histories gathered from the islands after the war; essentially depicting the sudden and massive contact between powerful military forces and the indigenous populations of the Pacific islands through black and white imager

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DOI: 10.1080/00223344.2022.2059593
CorpusID: 248956953
OpenAlex: W4280638628