Reports of War and (Peace): Melanesia and the Pacific Press

February 1, 2007-February 28, 2007
Location: Hawaiian & Pacific Collection

During the latter portion of the 20th century and through the present day, various Pacific regions have been shaken by war and social unrest, most of which continues to be ignored by European and American media outlets. Not so in the Pacific, where a very active news media has covered these conflicts extensively.

In conjunction with "Paradise Lost and Saved: Wartime Photographs of the South Pacific," (currently on exhibit in Hamilton Library's Bridge and Phase II galleries), Hamilton Library's Special Collections reading room is displaying "Reports of War (and Peace): Melanesia and the Pacific Press," which draws from the Pacific Collection's extensive regional news media holdings, as well as from various post-conflict analyses published in the Pacific and elsewhere. Display runs through February 2007.

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