Territorial Discontent

CHamorus, Filipinos, and the Making of the United States Empire in Guhan

This one-hundred-year history of the island of Guhan, also known as Guam, charts how Indigenous CHamorus and Filipinomigrantsnavigated and negotiated the expansion of US imperialism and militarism in the Pacific.Throughout the twentieth century, CHamorus and Filipinos living in Guhan expressed their discontent with the inequities created by the US empire. Instead of partaking in outright anticolonial movements, they advocated for liberal solutions such as individual rights, land ownership, economic opportunities, and UScitizenship. Unraveling this entangled history, Kristin Oberiano exposes the limitations of liberalism in anticolonial resistance.

Tracing the long history of CHamoru-Filipino relations, from the exile of Filipino revolutionaries to Guhan to the burgeoning CHamoru self-determination movement, Territorial Discontent grapples with the