{"product_id":"tip-of-the-spear-land-labor-and-us-settler-militarism-in-guahan-1944-1962-hardback-9781501771347","title":"Tip of the Spear; Land, Labor, and US Settler Militarism in Guåhan, 1944–1962 (Hardback) 9781501771347","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTip of the Spear\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLand, Labor, and US Settler Militarism in Guåhan, 1944–1962\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlfred Peredo Flores (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501771347\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 September 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e228 pages, 17 b\u0026amp;w halftones - 17 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlores's work essentially documents the beginnings of the history of US land takings on Guam, including forms of coercion, deception, and intimidation employed to dispossess native Chamorros from their most valued and valuable resource.... This book does justice to two sides of a complicated—still percolating—story.\u003c\/p\u003e (American Historical Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Tip of the Spear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Alfred Peredo Flores argues that the US occupation of the island of Guåhan (Guam), one of the most heavily militarized islands in the western Pacific Ocean, was enabled by a process of settler militarism. \u003c\/b\u003eDuring World War II and the Cold War, Guåhan was a launching site for both covert and open US military operations in the region, a strategically significant role that turned Guåhan into a crucible of US overseas empire. In 1962, the US Navy lost the authority to regulate all travel to and from the island, and a tourist economy eventually emerged that changed the relationship between the Indigenous CHamoru population and the US military, further complicating the process of settler colonialism on the island.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe US military occupation of Guåhan was based on a co-constitutive process that included CHamoru land dispossession, discursive justifications for the remaking of the island, the racialization of civilian military labor, and the military's policing of interracial intimacies. Within a narrative that emphasizes CHamoru resilience, resistance, and survival, Flores uses a working class labor analysis to examine how the militarization of Guåhan was enacted by a minority settler population to contribute to the US government's hegemonic presence in Oceania.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52744448344344,"sku":"9781501771347","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/tip-of-the-spear-land-labor-and-us-settler-militarism-in-guahan-1944-1962-hardback-9781501771347","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}