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A Pacific Power : Liberal Imperialism in German Samoa.

Von: Fitzpatrick, Matthew PMaterialtyp: TextTextSprache: EnglischReihen: Oxford Studies in Modern European History SeriesVerlag: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2025Copyright-Datum: ©2025Auflage: 1st edBeschreibung: 1 online resource (297 pages)Inhaltstyp: Text Medientyp: Computermedien Datenträgertyp: Online ResourceISBN: 9780198936299Genre/Form: Fernzugriff | Andere physische Formen: Print version: : A Pacific PowerOnline-Ressourcen: Volltext
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Cover -- A Pacific Power : Liberal Imperialism in German Samoa -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1: The Violence of Informal Empire -- The Arrival of the Europeans -- European Influence on Samoan Politics -- Abandoning the Samoan Monarchy -- Conclusion -- 2: Plantation or Settler Colonialism? -- The Deeken Plan -- The Governor's Response -- The Tyszka Controversy -- Countering Settler Colonialism -- Conclusion -- 3: Religious Differences and Linguistic Loyalties -- Church and State in the Colony -- The Kaiser's Birthday as Litmus Test -- Demonstrations of Loyalty -- The Marist Mission -- Preserving Confessional Harmony -- Conclusion -- 4: ʻOloa The Politics of Colonial Trade -- From Trading Company to Prison Break -- Solf's Reaction to the ʻOloa Challenge -- Conclusion -- 5: Mau a Pule Protest or Uprising? -- Solf's Account -- Lauaki's Account -- Conclusion -- 6: Chinese Workers and Settler Violence -- The Raced and Labouring Body -- The Deeken Trial -- Stopping Worker Transports -- Protecting Bodies or Protecting a Nation? -- Conclusion -- 7: The Tattooed Governor -- The European Tattoo -- Schultz's Samoan Code Switching -- The Limits of Code Switching -- Conclusion -- 8: Fine Mats, Samoan Skulls, and a Canoe for the Kaiser -- Redefining Gift-Giving under the Germans -- A Samoan 'Prachtboot'? -- Becoming an Artefact -- Living Specimens -- Samoan Skulls -- Conclusion -- 9: Race, Intermarriage, and the Revolt of the Samoan Women -- The Michaelis Letter and its Effects -- The Response to Michaelis in the Pacific -- Responses in Germany -- Antecedents of the Michaelis Affair -- Legal Practice: Cultural and Racial Criteria for Citizenship -- Conclusion -- 10: Violence from below -- The Fitafita Murders -- The Sitivi Precedent -- Projecting the Consequences of the Fitafita Murders.
Passive Resistance and Clandestine Plans -- Conclusion -- 11: The Captivity of the Colonisers -- Events in Samoa -- Exile in Auckland -- Internment as Ordeal -- The Patriarchal Family -- Conclusion -- : Conclusion Sovereignty and Society in German Samoa -- Index.
Zusammenfassung: A Pacific Power brings to light an often-overlooked history of German imperialism in the Pacific. Focusing on Samoa, it shows the tension between German rulers and Samoan subjects, as well as the variety of ways the Germans sought to reshape the colony according to their own requirements.

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Cover -- A Pacific Power : Liberal Imperialism in German Samoa -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1: The Violence of Informal Empire -- The Arrival of the Europeans -- European Influence on Samoan Politics -- Abandoning the Samoan Monarchy -- Conclusion -- 2: Plantation or Settler Colonialism? -- The Deeken Plan -- The Governor's Response -- The Tyszka Controversy -- Countering Settler Colonialism -- Conclusion -- 3: Religious Differences and Linguistic Loyalties -- Church and State in the Colony -- The Kaiser's Birthday as Litmus Test -- Demonstrations of Loyalty -- The Marist Mission -- Preserving Confessional Harmony -- Conclusion -- 4: ʻOloa The Politics of Colonial Trade -- From Trading Company to Prison Break -- Solf's Reaction to the ʻOloa Challenge -- Conclusion -- 5: Mau a Pule Protest or Uprising? -- Solf's Account -- Lauaki's Account -- Conclusion -- 6: Chinese Workers and Settler Violence -- The Raced and Labouring Body -- The Deeken Trial -- Stopping Worker Transports -- Protecting Bodies or Protecting a Nation? -- Conclusion -- 7: The Tattooed Governor -- The European Tattoo -- Schultz's Samoan Code Switching -- The Limits of Code Switching -- Conclusion -- 8: Fine Mats, Samoan Skulls, and a Canoe for the Kaiser -- Redefining Gift-Giving under the Germans -- A Samoan 'Prachtboot'? -- Becoming an Artefact -- Living Specimens -- Samoan Skulls -- Conclusion -- 9: Race, Intermarriage, and the Revolt of the Samoan Women -- The Michaelis Letter and its Effects -- The Response to Michaelis in the Pacific -- Responses in Germany -- Antecedents of the Michaelis Affair -- Legal Practice: Cultural and Racial Criteria for Citizenship -- Conclusion -- 10: Violence from below -- The Fitafita Murders -- The Sitivi Precedent -- Projecting the Consequences of the Fitafita Murders.

Passive Resistance and Clandestine Plans -- Conclusion -- 11: The Captivity of the Colonisers -- Events in Samoa -- Exile in Auckland -- Internment as Ordeal -- The Patriarchal Family -- Conclusion -- : Conclusion Sovereignty and Society in German Samoa -- Index.

A Pacific Power brings to light an often-overlooked history of German imperialism in the Pacific. Focusing on Samoa, it shows the tension between German rulers and Samoan subjects, as well as the variety of ways the Germans sought to reshape the colony according to their own requirements.

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