Becoming 'Pearl Harbor': A 'Lost Geography' of American Empire

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dc.contributor.advisorJones, Reece
dc.contributor.authorKajihiro, Kyle
dc.contributor.departmentGeography and Environment
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-02T20:49:43Z
dc.date.available2015-10-02T20:49:43Z
dc.date.issued2014-05
dc.descriptionMA University of Hawaii at Manoa 2014
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 120–141).
dc.description.abstractIn the last century, geography assumed a position of central importance within the United States' imperial project. Yet the rise of capitalist globalism was accompanied by a corresponding loss of popular geographic awareness within the United States, a paradox that Neil Smith (2004) has called a "lost geography" of American Empire. Through a case study of the transformation of Ke Awalau o Puʻuloa on the island of Oʻahu into what most people know today as "Pearl Harbor" this thesis extends the concept of a "lost geography" by examining the dialectical relationship between the production of a particular place and the multi-scalar articulations of U.S. imperial formation. In short, this study considers how place and empire are mutually constituted in ways that conceal their constitutive social relations. Further, I discuss the "paradoxical" subjectivities that emerge in this process.
dc.format.extentix, 141 leaves
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/100341
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher[Honolulu] : [University of Hawaii at Manoa], [May 2014]
dc.relationTheses for the degree of Master of Arts (University of Hawaii at Manoa). Geography.
dc.rightsAll UHM dissertations and theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission from the copyright owner.
dc.subjectKe Awalau o Puuloa
dc.subjectPearl Harbor
dc.subjectmilitarization
dc.subjectimperial formation
dc.subjectlost geography
dc.titleBecoming 'Pearl Harbor': A 'Lost Geography' of American Empire
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.dcmiText
local.thesis.degreelevelMA

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