1st Edition
The Pacific Basin An Introduction
1 An Introduction to the Pacific Basin Shane J. Barter & Michael Weiner
Areas of the Pacific Basin
2 Oceania: An Overview Edward D. Lowe
3 Southeast Asia: Unity in Diversity Shane J. Barter
4 East Asia: Convergence and Divergence Michael Weiner
5 The North American Sphere of Influence: From Sea to Shining Sea John M. Heffron
6 Latin America: A Living and Changing Artifact Sarah England & Ian Read
Themes across the Pacific Basin
7 The Age of Colonialism(s) Shane J. Barter
8 The Pacific War: Remembering & Forgetting Michael Weiner
9 Migration, Immigration, and Settlement within the Pacific Basin Sarah England & Michael Weiner
10 Global Cities, Megacities, Ordinary Cities: Urbanization across the Pacific Basin Deike Peters
11 Economic Development in the Pacific Basin since World War II Hong-Yi Chen
12 Understanding TPP’s Significance for the Pacific Basin Edward M. Feasel
13 Boundary Disputes in the Pacific Basin Lisa MacLeod
14 Armed Conflict across the Pacific: Patterns and Possibilities Shane J. Barter
15 Environmental Protection in the Pacific Basin George J. Busenberg
16 State Building, Disease, and Public Health Ian Read & Michael Weiner
17 Rapid Societal Change and Mental Health Vulnerabilities in the Pacific Basin Edward D. Lowe
18 Trans-Identity: Theory, Politics, and Identity across the Pacific Basin Ryan Ashley Caldwell & Kristi M. Wilson
19 Gender Violence: Honor, Shame, and the Violation of Bodies in Guatemala and India Sarah England
20 The Literature of Exile J P Kehlen
21 Documentary Film and Trauma in the Pacific Basin Tomas Crowder-Taraborrelli
Biography
Shane J. Barter is Assistant Professor at Soka University of America. His books include Civilian Strategy in Civil War (2014) and Explaining the Genetic Footprints of Catholic and Protestant Colonizers (2015).
Michael Weiner is Professor of East Asian History and International Studies, and the Vice President for Academic Affairs at Soka University of America. His publications include Race and Migration in Imperial Japan (1994), Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Modern Japan (2004) and Japan’s Minorities: The Illusion of Homogeneity (1997, 2009).
