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1 1~~.~fiil'"?1 ~~*>+l~~~>i->+i '!:~;'~~:,:'~J'!F\;di"lLi'~tli;;;":'"';;;",':~:~"i'l. I VOLUME 12. NUMBER 2 FALL 2000

2 The Contemporary Pacific - A Journal of Island Affairs Volume I2. Number 2 Fall 2000 CENTER FOR PACIFIC ISLANDS STUDIES & UNIVERSITY OF HAWArI PRESS

3 The Contemporary Pacific: A Journal of Island Affairs is abstracted or ipdexed in Abstracts on Rural Development in the Tropics, Anthropological Index, CAB International, Current Military and Political Literature, Hawaii Pacific Journal Index (UHCARL), International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, International Current Awareness -Services, Sociological Abstracts, and UnCover (CARL). Cover: Palauan decorations. Redrawn by Barbara Pope from Augustin Kramer, Palau, Book 5, Chapter 10 of Ergebnisse der Siidsee ExpeditiQn , 2B3, edited by G Thilenius, pages 1-35 (Hamburg: Friederichsen, DeGruyter, 1929). Journal design by Barbara Pope 4 Cartography by Manoa Mapwofks Inc, Honolulu, wt' Hawai'i 2000 by University of Hawai'i Press. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. r;:;;!.... ~ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z

4 Special Issue Asia in the Pacific: Migrant Labor and Tourism in the Republic of Palau \. Edited by Terence Wesley-Smith

5 iss io n ou tp er m 400 N w ith JAPAN ct io n 30 du ~Okinawo N ot fo rr ep ro EAST ASIA and PALAU 20 '-, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS l rf GUAM loon PALA~I 4: 0 I 0 100mi 50! i 50 i 100 i i 150km

6 KAYANGEL PALAU 7"30'N' ' elong BABElDAOB Not for reproduction without permission 7"N D ANGAUR Miles ii' ' Kilometers

7 Contents ARTICLES AND DIALOGUE Introduction Terence Wesley-Smith 307 The Meanings of Work in Contemporary Palau: Policy Implications of Globalization in the Pacific Karen L Nero, Fermina BreI Murray, and Michael L Burton 319 Palauans and Guest Workers: An Opinion Paper Sandra S Pierantozzi 349 Exporting People: The Philippines and Contract Labor in Palau Dean Alegado and Gerard Finin.359 Remaking Footprints:yalauan Migrants in Hawai'i Isebong Asang 371 Placing Movers: An Overview of the Asian-Pacific Migration System Jon Goss and Bruce Lindquist 385 Niche or Mass.Market? The Regional Context of Tourism in Palau Lonny Carlile 415 The Japanese Encounter with the South: Japanese Tourists in Palau Shinji Yamashita 437 Taiwan's Foreign Economic Relations with Developing Nations: A Case Study of Its Ties with Palau Eric Harwit 465 Eco-consciousness and Development in Palau Minoru F Ueki 481

8 RESOURCES A Selected Bibliography of Economic Development in the Republic of Palau Jane Barnwell 488 POLITICAL REVIEWS The Region in Review: International Issues and Events, I999 Stewart Firth 497 Melanesia in Review: Issues and Events, I999 David A Chappell, Anita Jowitt, Sandra Tarte 507 BOOK AND MEDIA REVIEWS Queen Salote of Tonga: The Story ofan Era I90o-I965, by Elizabeth Wood-Ellem Reviewed by George E Marcus 526 American Anthropology in Micronesia: An Assessment, - edited by Robert C Kiste and Mac Marshall Reviewed by Michael D Lieber 528 I The Pacific Islands: Environment and Society, edited by Moshe Rapaport Reviewed by Tim Bayliss-Smith 530 Fiji in Transition: Research Papers of the Fiji Constitution Review Commission, volume I, and Fiji and the World: Research Papers of the Fiji Constitution Review Commission, volume 2, edited by Brij V Lal and Tomasi R Vakatora Reviewed by Robbie Robertson 533 An Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia: Culture and Tradition, by Paul Sillitoe Reviewed by Helen Johnson 535 The Magical Body: Power, Fame and Meaning in a Melanesian Society, by Richard Eves Reviewed by Jane Fajans 538

9 ' Cultures ofsecrecy: Reinventing Race in Bush Kaliai Cargo Cult~, by Andrew Lattas Reviewed by joel Robbins 540 Music at the Borders: Not Drowning, Waving and Their Engagement with Papua New Guinean Culture (I986-96), by Philip Hayward, and Sound Alliances: Indigenous Peoples, Cultural Politics and Popular Music in the Pacific, edited by Philip Hayward Reviewed by Ian Maxwell c;.s'" 542 To Labour with the State: The Fiji Public Service Association, by Jacqueline Leckie Reviewed by Edward D Beechert 545 Perspectives on the Bird's Head of Irian jaya, Indonesia: Proceedings ofthe Conference, Leiden, I3-I7 October I997, edited by Jelle,Miedema, Cecilia Ode, and Rien A edam Reviewed by Chris Ballard Across the Great Divide: journeys in History and Anthropology, by Bronwen Douglas Reviewed by Alice Bullard Gutsini Posa (Rough seas), by Regis Stella Reviewed by Steven Edmund Winduo Baby No-Eyes, by Patricia Grace Reviewed by Reina Whaitiri o Tamaiti (The children) and Velvet Dreams Reviewed by Selina Tusitala Marsh r Kava: The Drink of the Gods Reviewed by Robert Early Kilim Taem Reviewed by Lissant Bolton Selol Selol Bigfala Canoe Reviewed by Lamont Lindstrom CONTRIBUTORS