Bennett, Judith A., 1944-

Natives and exotics : World War II and environment in the southern Pacific / Judith A. Bennett. - xxvi, 439 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Currency, Measurement, and Place-Names -- Abbreviations -- Preface: Was the Environment a Stage or an Actor? -- Prologue - The Great Ocean: How Others Tried to Ride Its Waves -- Encountering Pacific Environments -- Imagining Landscapes -- Peopling the Southern Pacific -- Diseased Environments -- Using Indigenous Resources -- Local Resources: Living off Land and Sea -- Taking Stock: Building for Battle -- Resources for the Metropole: Trade for the Periphery -- The Human Resource -- Exiting Environment, Leaving Residues -- Paying for the Damages -- Close Out: Quitting the Islands -- Leavings on Landscape -- Legacies and Visions -- Embodying War's Environment -- Remembering Place: The Use of Souvenirs -- Places of Memory, Sites of Forgetting -- Conclusion. Part I. 1. 2. 3. Part II. 4. 5. 6. 7. Part III. 8. 9. 10. 11. Part IV. 12. 13.

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United States. Army --History--World War, 1939-1945.


World War, 1939-1945--Environmental aspects--Oceania
Natural resources--History--Oceania--20th century.
Human ecology--History--Oceania--20th century.
Nature--Effect of human beings on--History--Oceania--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Political aspects--Oceania


Oceania--Environmental conditions.
Oceania--Social conditions--20th century.
United States--Relations--Oceania
Oceania--Relations--United States

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