Korea, 4, 6–7, 15, 24, 41, 58, 149–154, 160

Koror, 13, 19, 21, 24, 42–43, 88–89, 93, 95, 103, 180

Kubo, Takashi, 41, 73, 97–98, 102–103, 111, 115, 118, 134n4

Kuboyama Aikichi, 47

Kurata, Hyakuzo, 29–32

Kurils, 20

Kuriyagawa, Hakuson, 95

Kurosawa, Akira, 129

Kusaie Island, 96

Kyoto, 29, 31–33

Kyushu, 29–30

Lee Boo, 19, 21, 80–82

Lobban, Christopher, 185

London, 80, 116

London, Jack, 68, 76, 99, 101, 106–108, 110, 117, 120–122, 124, 135n7

Loomba, Ania, 77, 134n5, 136n14, 177

Loti, Pierre, 15, 18, 33, 41, 94–96, 111, 115–116, 119, 127, 177

Loxley, Diana, 25, 38

Lum, Darrell, 140

Lyons, Paul, 36–37, 40, 44

Madame Butterfly, 33, 77, 115

magic realism, 11

Manchuria, 15, 41, 149

Manhattan, 129

Manila, 52–53

Maori, 21, 132, 140

Mariquita, 17–19, 171–190

Marshall Islands, 9, 35, 47, 61–62, 66–67, 84n5, 97, 115, 183

Marshall, Mac, 54

Martin, James, 188

Maruyama, Yoshiji, 41, 97, 102–103, 110, 118, 134n4

Maugham, Somerset, 32, 62, 66, 66, 71, 76, 82, 99, 106, 109–110, 113–120, 126, 135n7, 165, 175

McClintock, Ann, 115

McKinney, Chris, 147, 152–154

McLeod, John, 11

Mechagodzilla, 56–57

medical doctor, 54–55, 100, 117, 121

Mehew, Ernest, 105

Melanesia, 18, 107–109, 136n12, 172, 185, 191

Melville, Herman, 66, 74, 94, 98, 113, 117, 119, 123, 126–127, 175

Menikoff, Barry, 135n9

Michener, James, 18, 54, 165

Micronesia, 2–8, 10–11, 13–15, 17–20, 22, 24–26, 28, 30, 34–36, 38, 40–45, 47–48, 51, 54–55, 57–61, 64–66, 68, 71–75, 77–78, 84n2, 84n4, 84n5, 85n8, 88, 91–92, 94, 96, 98, 101–105, 110, 115–117, 127, 132, 137n16, 137n17, 171–192

military coups in Fiji, 128

mimicry, 4, 32, 52, 95