TY - BOOK AU - Bennett,Judith A. TI - Natives and exotics: World War II and environment in the southern Pacific SN - 0824832655 AV - D767.9 .B46 2009 U1 - 940.531 22 PY - 2009///] CY - Honolulu PB - University of Hawai'i Press KW - United States KW - Army KW - History KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Environmental aspects KW - Oceania KW - Natural resources KW - 20th century KW - Human ecology KW - Nature KW - Effect of human beings on KW - Political aspects KW - Environmental conditions KW - Social conditions KW - Relations N1 - 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 --; Part I; Encountering Pacific Environments --; 1; Imagining Landscapes --; 2; Peopling the Southern Pacific --; 3; Diseased Environments --; Part II; Using Indigenous Resources --; 4; Local Resources: Living off Land and Sea --; 5; Taking Stock: Building for Battle --; 6; Resources for the Metropole: Trade for the Periphery --; 7; The Human Resource --; Part III; Exiting Environment, Leaving Residues --; 8; Paying for the Damages --; 9; Close Out: Quitting the Islands --; 10; Leavings on Landscape --; 11; Legacies and Visions --; Part IV; Embodying War's Environment --; 12; Remembering Place: The Use of Souvenirs --; 13; Places of Memory, Sites of Forgetting --; Conclusion ER -