Diaspora/Migration
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LibCat
Use LibCat, the library's catalog, to search for resources by Keyword, Title, or Author.
The ‘Browse By Subject’ search option (in the menu at the top of the LibCat page) can also be used to find materials about a specific subject and/or geographic location.
Below, find a few examples of subject headings that may relate to your research topic. You can copy and paste into the "Browse by Subject" option available in the menu bar at the top of LibCat. (Replace Place with a broad place description, e.g., Hawaiʻi, Oceania, Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga, etc.)
- Emigrant remittances Pacific Area
- Islands of the Pacific Emigration and immigration
- Forced migration Place
- Migration, Internal Oceania
- Pacific Islander Americans
- Emigration and immigration
- Oceania Social conditions 21st century
- Oceania History
- Oceania
Samples of Books in Print
Oceanian Journeys and Sojourns
by Judith A. Bennett (Editor)
Call Number: DU68.A8 O34
Publication Date: 2015
Creating a Nation with Cloth: Women, Wealth, and Tradition in the Tongan Diaspora
by Ping-Ann Addo
Call Number: HQ 1868 .A44
Publication Date: 2013
Pacific Diaspora: Island Peoples in the United States and Across the Pacific
by Paul Spickard (Editor); Joanne Rondilla (Editor); Debbie Hippolite Wright (Editor)
Call Number: E184.P25 P34
Publication Date: 2002
The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia
by Brij V. Lal; Kate Fortune
Call Number: DU17 .P3
Publication Date: 2000
Micronesian Migrants: Who They Are and Where They are Going
Call Number: JV9447 .L48
Publication Date: 1999
Pacific People and Change
by Max Quanchi
Call Number: DU28.3 .Q1
Publication Date: 1991
Migration and Development in the South Pacific
by John Connell
Call Number: DU17 .P3 no.24
Publication Date: 1990
"The Migration to New Zealand" in Matagi Tokelau: History and Traditions of Tokelau
by Office for Tokelau Affairs and Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific
Call Number: DU910.5 .M37
Publication Date: 1990
Exiles and Migrants in Oceania
by Michael D. Lieber (Editor)
Call Number: GN663 .E9
Publication Date: 1978
Browse our eBook Collections
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Samples of Ebooks
In Search of Refuge: Pacific Islands, Climate-Induced Migration, and the Legal Frontier
by Maxine Burket
Publication Date: 2011
Steadfast Movement Around Micronesia: Satowan Enlargements Beyond Migration
by Lola Quan Bautista
Publication Date: 2010
Remittances in the Pacific: An Overview
by John Connell and Richard P.C. Brown
Call Number: HG3997.55 .C668
Publication Date: 2005
Available in print and online
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The Remittance Behavior of Immigrant Households: Micronesians in Hawaii and Guam
by Elizabeth M. Grieco
Publication Date: 2003
Home in the Islands: Housing and Social Change in the Pacific
by Jan Rensel; Margaret Rodman
Publication Date: 1997
Micronesian Migration Since World War II
by Jay Dobbin & Francis X. Hezel
Publication Date: 1996
Social Process in Hawaii: Pacific Island Peoples in Hawaii
by Paul Spickard (Editor) and Karina Kahananui Green
Call Number: HN79.H3 S68 v.36
Publication Date: 1994
Available in print and online
Samples of Audiovisual Materials
- The U.S. and The Marshalls: The Next 20 Years by Francis X. Hezel, Jason Aubuchon
- Call Number: VIDEOTAPE DU55
- Production Date: 2003
- The New Americans: Polynesians by KCSM- TV ; San Mateo County College District.
- Production Date: 2013
- The New Americans: Polynesians by KCSM- TV
- Production Date: 2013
- Mour Elikin Compact Eo
- Production Date: 2011
- Palau
- Production Date: 2012
- Voices of Peace
- Production Date: 2014
- Faʻa Samoa: Yesterday & Today
- Production Date: 2011
- Sun Come Up by Jennifer Redfearn (Director & Producer), Tim Metzger (Producer)
- Call Number: DVD QC7
- Production Date: 2011