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The Making of Modern Samoa: Traditional Authority and Colonial Administration in the History of Western Samoa
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Institute of Pacific Studies of the University of the South Pacific, 1987
ISBN 10: 9820200318
ISBN 13: 9789820200319
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. name on ffep Since independence in January 1962 several constitutional court cases have ex posed the dilemma which the Western Samoa Government is facing balancing fa'a' S amo (Samoan customs and traditions) with Western legal systems of authority. Thi s book traces the clash between Samoan and Western notions of government and law from the 1830s to the 1980s emphasizing the hitherto neglected interpretation o f events from a Samoan perspective.As a critical reinterpretation of the literature on Western Samoa, drawing on oral sources and material from the archi ves of the Land and Titles Court of Western Samoa, the book provides important n ew insights into pre-colonial Samoa, the German and New Zealand colonial regimes , racial issues and the contemporary political problems of the independent State of Western Samoa. Seller Inventory # 4052at
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