An Archaeology-Focused Chronology
3 stars
It's extremely challenging to find academic, digital, English-language books on the US's colonial possessions in the Pacific, but this book does a good job providing some of that historical background, with a particular focus on the Northern Mariana Islands. As the title suggests, most of the book is concerned with maritime history, but I especially liked the chapter on the Japanese Mandate period by Mark Ombrello, which spends time analyzing the economic, social, and political aspects of this era.
It's extremely challenging to find academic, digital, English-language books on the US's colonial possessions in the Pacific, but this book does a good job providing some of that historical background, with a particular focus on the Northern Mariana Islands. As the title suggests, most of the book is concerned with maritime history, but I especially liked the chapter on the Japanese Mandate period by Mark Ombrello, which spends time analyzing the economic, social, and political aspects of this era.