Destiny's Landfall: A History of Guam, Revised EditionThis revised edition of the standard history of Guam is intended for general readers and students of the history, politics, and government of the Pacific region. Its narrative spans more than 450 years, beginning with the initial written records of Guam by members of Magellan 1521 expedition and concluding with the impact of the recent global recession on Guam’s fragile economy. |
Contents
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CHAPTER 2 The Place of Before Time Ancestors 16381662 | 22 |
CHAPTER 3 Father San Vitores 16621672 | 38 |
CHAPTER 4 The Spanish Conquest 16721698 | 54 |
CHAPTER 5 Oasis in the Ocean 16981800 | 69 |
CHAPTER 6 Twilight of Pax Hispanica 18001898 | 84 |
CHAPTER 7 The AngloSaxon Way 18981903 | 102 |
CHAPTER 13 Under the Organic Act 19501970 | 206 |
CHAPTER 14 Ocean Chrysalis 19701980 | 226 |
CHAPTER 15 Unfinished Quests 19801990 | 243 |
CHAPTER 16 Recession 19902003 | 265 |
A Neocolonial Anachronism | 286 |
Appendix | 289 |
Abbreviations | 293 |
Notes | 297 |
CHAPTER 8 Ordered Tranquility 19031918 | 120 |
CHAPTER 9 The Quest for Identity 19181941 | 135 |
CHAPTER 10 The Way of the Samurai 19411944 | 152 |
CHAPTER 11 Return of the Americans 19441945 | 170 |
CHAPTER 12 Gibraltar of the American Lake 19451950 | 190 |
Glossary | 351 |
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