Transpacific Visions

Yasuko Hassall Kobayashi is associate professor in the College of Global Liberal Arts at Ritsumeikan University.Shinnosuke Takahashi is lecturer in the Asian Languages and Cultures Program at Victoria University of Wellington.

• Acknowledgments Introduction, Yasuko Hassall Kobayashi & Shinnosuke Takahashi1. Meaningful Connections: Reflections on Transpacific Consciousness, Dario Di Rosa2. Promise and Protection: New Guinea Villagers and the Role of Christianity During the Pacific War, Christine Winter3. Anthropology and Colonial Administration in Transpacific Perspective: Australian “Government Anthropology” in New Guinea and Japanese “Practical Ethnology” in the South Sea Islands, 1924–41, Danton Leary4. Australian Military Sexual Adventurism in the New Guinea Campaign, 1942–45, Caroline Norma5. Japan’s Last Colonial Frontier: Settler Migration, Development, and Expansionism in the Brazilian Amazon, Facundo Garasino6. War Movements of people: War Evacuees and Military Linguists of Japanese Language in Australia During the Pacific War, Yasuko Hassall Kobayashi7. The Hiroshima Panels and Australia, Alexander Brown8. The Journey to the Archipelago: Shimao Toshio, Southern Localism, and the Dream of Japanesia, Shinnosu

Richly researched and subtly theorized, this multidisciplinary collection provides fresh and original perspectives on Transpacific connections and relationships.