Coconut Colonialism. Workers and the Globalization of Samoa, Hardback

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.

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Author(s): Holger Droessler
• Illustration(s): 2 Maps
• Number of pages: 304
• Collection: Harvard Historical Studies
• Publication date: 2022
• Dimensions: 166 x 244 x 30
• Cover type: Hardback