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Coconut colonialism : workers and the globalization of Samoa / Holger Droessler.
LIBRA DU817 .D76 2022
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Droessler, Holger, 1982- author.
- Series:
- Harvard historical studies ; v. 193.
- Harvard historical studies ; 193
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Globalization--Samoan Islands--History.
- Globalization.
- Cultural fusion--Samoan Islands--History.
- Cultural fusion.
- Coconut industry--Samoan Islands--History.
- Coconut industry.
- Relations.
- History.
- Colonization.
- Samoan Islands--Colonization--History.
- Samoan Islands.
- Samoan Islands--Relations--History.
- International relations.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 288 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- "Samoans had been engaged in economic and cultural exchange long before Germans and Americans arrived on the islands. Holger Droessler shows how Samoans adapted their traditions to challenge the new globalization imposed on them by colonialism, regaining agency through the efforts of farm workers, nurses, and traveling entertainers alike"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Samoans on the move
- Coconuts
- Planters
- Performers
- Builders
- Mediators
- Epilogue: Samoa and the world.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674263338
- 0674263332
- OCLC:
- 1241732489
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