Coconut Colonialism - Workers and the Globalization of Samoa

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.

About the author

Holger Droessler is Assistant Professor of History at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Holger Droessler
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9780674263338
• ISBN: 978-0-674-26333-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Harvard Historical Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Samoa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, HISTORY / Oceania, Australasian & Pacific history, Australasian and Pacific history, Samoan Islands