Preface -- Introduction -- Pacific developments -- The Hawaiian Islands: the "healing" of Kaho`olawe -- The Pacific coast: Seattle and Silicon Valley -- Alaska: the Aleutian islands -- Southern Japan during American occupation: Hiroshima and Okinawa -- Guam, the Philippines, and American Samoa...

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