Reimagining the American Pacific: From South Pacific to Bamboo Ridge and Beyond

by Rob Wilson

In this compelling critique Rob Wilson explores the creation of the "Pacific Rim" in the American imagination and how the concept has been variously adapted and resisted in Hawai'i, the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, and Australia. Reimagining the American Pacific ranges from the nineteenth century to the present and draws on theories of postmodernism, transnationality, and post-Marxist geography to contribute to the ongoing discussion of what...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822325233
• ISBN13: 9780822325239
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"