The Pacific Insular Case of American Sāmoa: Land Rights and Law in Unincorporated US Territories

Author:   Line-Noue Memea Kruse
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
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9783319888705


Pages:   211
Publication Date:   04 June 2019
Format:   Paperback
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The Pacific Insular Case of American Sāmoa: Land Rights and Law in Unincorporated US Territories


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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. 

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Author:   Line-Noue Memea Kruse
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783319888705


ISBN 10:   3319888706
Pages:   211
Publication Date:   04 June 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Sāmoa and Traditional Land Tenure.- 3. American International Expansion.- 4. US Naval Administration of American Sāmoa.- 5. Ex Proprio Vigore and the Insular Cases.- 6. American Sāmoan Legal History: 1900-1941.- 7. Individually Owned Lands and Communal Land Tenure.- 8. Retention of Communal Lands.- 9. Legal and Political Futures for American Sāmoa.- 10. Conclusion.

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Line-Noue Memea Kruse is Special Instructor in Political Science, Religion, and History at Brigham Young University-Hawai’i, US.  She is also Instructor in American Studies at Honolulu Community College, US. 

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