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).

• 1 An Introduction to the Pacific Basin Areas of the Pacific Basin 2 Oceania: An Overview 3 Southeast Asia: Unity in Diversity 4 East Asia: Convergence and Divergence 5 The North American Sphere of Influence: From Sea to Shining Sea 6 Latin America: A Living and Changing ArtifactThemes across the Pacific Basin 7 The Age of Colonialism(s) 8 The Pacific War: Remembering & Forgetting 9 Migration, Immigration, and Settlement within the Pacific Basin 10 Global Cities, Megacities, Ordinary Cities: Urbanization across the Pacific Basin 11 Economic Development in the Pacific Basin since World War II 12 Understanding TPP’s Significance for the Pacific Basin 13 Boundary Disputes in the Pacific Basin 14 Armed Conflict across the Pacific: Patterns and Possibilities 15 Environmental Protection in the Pacific Basin 16 State Building, Disease, and Public Health 17 Rapid Societal Change and Mental Health Vulnerabilities in the Pacific Basin 18 Trans-Identity: Theory, Politics, and Identity across the Pacific Basin 19 Gender Violence: Honor, Shame, and the Violation of Bodies in Guatemala and India 20 The Literature of Exile21 Documentary Film and Trauma in the Pacific Basin

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