The Samoan Journals of John Williams, 1830 and 1832
The Samoan Journals of John Williams, 1830 and 1832

Author: John Williams

Publisher:

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13:

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"John Williams was not the first London Missionary Society missionary to Polynesia, but his passion to conquer the whole Pacific region, and resolute belief that he knew better than the Directors in London how this vision might be achieved marked him out as an ambitious and aggressive man. Samoa, the setting of thses journals, was the last island group where Williams' personally introduced the gospel before he was murdered at Eromanga... Of the several journals kept by Williams during his pan-Polynesian travels, the two relating to his visits to Samoa in 1830 and 1832 are the most comprehensive and illuminating. In the course of both journeys Williams also visited Tonga, and provided graphic eye-witness accounts of contemporary Tongan and European life..."--Book jacket.

Facing Empire
Facing Empire

Author: Kate Fullagar

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Published: 2018-11-01

Total Pages: 371

ISBN-13: 1421426560

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Reid, Daniel K. Richter, Rebecca Shumway, Sujit Sivasundaram, Nicole Ulrich

Su’esu’e Manogi: In Search of Fragrance
Su’esu’e Manogi: In Search of Fragrance

Author: Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta’isi Efi

Publisher: Huia Publishers

Published: 2018-07-06

Total Pages: 395

ISBN-13: 1775503585

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This book is a celebration of His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta’isi Efi’s intellectual and cultural legacy to Samoa, providing Tui Atua’s writings and thoughts on Samoan indigenous knowledge. It was first compiled and published as a festschrift in commemoration of his seventieth birthday. Tui Atua is Samoa’s Head of State and is currently the only holder of one of Samoa’s four pāpā (aristocratic chiefly) titles – Tui Atua. The book also contains responses from fourteen of Samoa’s leading and emerging scholars (including two Rhodes Scholars), based within and outside Samoa. The book searches for the best of what His Highness terms ‘the Samoan indigenous reference’ and enlarges our contemporary understandings of indigenous knowledge.

Exploration and Exchange
Exploration and Exchange

Author: Jonathan Lamb

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 9780226468457

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This anthology places the works of such well-known figures as Captain James Cook and Robert Louis Stevenson alongside the writings of lesser-known explorers, missionaries, beachcombers, and literary travellers who roamed the South Seas from the late 17th through the late 19th centuries.

In Oceania
In Oceania

Author: Nicholas Thomas

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780822319986

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Australian scholar Nicholas Thomas documents and analyzes "rhetorical artifacts" of explorers, missionaries, fiction and travel writers, and the people of the Pacific themselves to demonstrate how Oceanic identities have been represented over time. The picture Thomas paints of Oceania shows that interactions between indigenous cultures and European influences created entirely new Oceanic identities. 62 illustrations.

Nineteenth-Century Travels, Explorations and Empires, Part II vol 6
Nineteenth-Century Travels, Explorations and Empires, Part II vol 6

Author: Peter J Kitson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-12-16

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1000558983

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A collection of writings on travels undertaken in the Victorian era. The texts collected in these volumes show how 19th century travel literature served the interests of empire by promoting British political and economic values that translated into manufacturing goods.

The Making of Modern Samoa
The Making of Modern Samoa

Author: Malama Meleisea

Publisher: [email protected]

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9789820200319

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"Since independence in January 1962, several constitutional court cases have exposed the dilemma which the Western Samoa Government is facing balancing fa'a Samoa (Samoan customs and traditions) with Western legal systems of authority. This book traces the clash between Samoan and Western notions of government and law from the 1830s to the 1980s emphasizing the hitherto neglected interpretation of events from a Samoan perspective. As a critical reinterpretation of the literature on Western Samoa, drawing on oral sources and material from the archives of the Land and Titles Court of Western Samoa, the book provides important new insights into pre-colonial regimes, racial issues and the contemporary political problems of the independent state of Western Samoa."--Back cover.

Pacific Performances
Pacific Performances

Author: C. Balme

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2006-11-14

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 0230599532

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This new study explores the history of cross-cultural performative encounters in the Pacific from the Eighteenth century to the present. It examines Western theatrical representations of Pacific cultures and investigates how Pacific Islanders used their own cultural performances to negotiate the colonial situation.