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001			https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/74462
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020			_aFSMEOW.2021
020			_a9781760464653
024	7		_a10.22459/FSMEOW.2021 _cdoi
041	0		_aEnglish
042			_adc
072		7	_aHBJM _2bicssc
072		7	_aJFC _2bicssc
072		7	_aJFSL _2bicssc
100	1		_aPuas, Gonzaga _4auth
245	1	0	_aThe Federated States of Micronesia's Engagement with the Outside World : Control, Self-Preservation and Continuity
260			_aCanberra _bANU Press _c2021
300			_a1 electronic resource (312 p.)
506	0		_aOpen Access _2star _fUnrestricted online access
520			_aThis study addresses the neglected history of the people of the Federated States of Micronesia's (FSM) engagement with the outside world. Situated in the northwest Pacific, FSM’s strategic location has led to four colonial rulers. Histories of FSM to date have been largely written by sympathetic outsiders. Indigenous perspectives of FSM history have been largely absent from the main corpus of historical literature. A new generation of Micronesian scholars are starting to write their own history from Micronesian perspectives and using Micronesian forms of history. This book argues that Micronesians have been dealing successfully with the outside world throughout the colonial era in ways colonial authorities were often unaware of. This argument is sustained by examination of oral histories, secondary sources, interviews, field research and the personal experience of a person raised in the Mortlock Islands of Chuuk State. It reconstructs how Micronesian internal processes for social stability and mutual support endured, rather than succumbing to the different waves of colonisation. This study argues that colonisation did not destroy Micronesian cultures and identities, but that Micronesians recontextualised the changing conditions to suit their own circumstances. Their success rested on the indigenous doctrines of adaptation, assimilation and accommodation deeply rooted in the kinship doctrine of eaea fengen (sharing) and alilis fengen (assisting each other). These values pervade the Constitution of the FSM, which formally defines the modern identity of its indigenous peoples, reasserting and perpetuating Micronesian values and future continuity.
540			_aCreative Commons _fhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ _2cc _4https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
546			_aEnglish
650		7	_aAustralasian & Pacific history _2bicssc
650		7	_aCultural studies _2bicssc
650		7	_aEthnic studies _2bicssc
653			_aPacific
653			_aMicronesia
653			_aMelanesia
653			_aFSM
653			_aIndigenous
856	4	0	_awww.oapen.org _uhttps://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51549/1/book.pdf _70 _zDOAB: download the publication
856	4	0	_awww.oapen.org _uhttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/74462 _70 _zDOAB: description of the publication
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