The Pacific Insular Case of American Smoa (Paperback)

Line-Noue Memea Kruse

ISBN 10: 3319888706 / ISBN 13: 9783319888705

Verlag: Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, 2019

Paperback. This book is a researched study of land issues in American Samoa that analyzes the impact of U.S. colonialism and empire building in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Carefully tracing changes in land laws up to the present, this volume also draws on a careful examination of legal traditions, administrative decisions, court cases and rising tensions between indigenous customary land tenure practices in American Samoa and Western notions of individual private ownership. It also highlights how unusual the status of American Samoa is in its relationship with the U.S., namely as the only unincorporated and unorganized overseas territory, and aims to expand the U.S. empire-building scholarship to include and recognize American Samoa into the vernacular of Americanization projects. This book is a researched study of land issues in American Samoa that analyzes the impact of U.S. colonialism and empire building in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9783319888705

Inhaltsangabe:

This book is a researched study of land issues in American Sāmoa that analyzes the impact of U.S. colonialism and empire building in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Carefully tracing changes in land laws up to the present, this volume also draws on a careful examination of legal traditions, administrative decisions, court cases and rising tensions between indigenous customary land tenure practices in American Sāmoa and Western notions of individual private ownership. It also highlights how unusual the status of American Sāmoa is in its relationship with the U.S., namely as the only “unincorporated” and “unorganized” overseas territory, and aims to expand the U.S. empire-building scholarship to include and recognize American Sāmoa into the vernacular of Americanization projects.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Line-Noue Memea Kruse is Assistant Professor of Pacific History at University of Hawai'i at Hilo, US.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Pacific Insular Case of American Smoa (...
Verlag: Springer International Publishing AG, Cham
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: new