American Samoa History

History of American Samoa: Tripartite Convention, Outline of American Samoa History Books LLC Paperback (22 pages) List Price: $14.14* Lowest New Price: $14.14* Lowest Used Price: $15.17* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 14:54 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Tripartite Convention of 1899 resulted in the act that formally partitioned the Samoan archipelago into a German colony and a United States territory and was the culmination of years of civil war among Samoan factions and of rivalry between the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom at the brink of war. Forerunners to the Tripartite Convention of 1899 were the Washington Conference of 1887, the Treaty of Berlin of 1889 and the Anglo-German Agreement on Samoa of 1899. For the Samoans the convention meant that their immediate future was decided in the light of Western interests, as they now lost an independence that had been nominal at best. By the 1870s the white mans religion and economic condition was well established and accepted by the Samoans who had just enough of a government that could be manipulated at will by the foreign business interests in Samoa. After the United States concluded a friendship treaty with Samoa in 1878, Germany negotiated her own Favorite Nation Treaty in 1879 with the same Samoan faction as the U.S., while later in 1879 the Anglo-Samoan treaty was completed with a rival faction. Contentions among the whites in Samoa, plus native factional strive led to side-choosing that became deadly warring with the introduction of modern weapons. Washington conference of 1887 To attempt to resolve some of the problems, the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom agreed to a conference at Washington in June 1887. After the surfacing of serious disagreements among the parties, the conference adjourned without results. Fighting by nationals of the three powers with their factional local allies led to a conflict that was only tempered by the Apia hurricane of 1889 that wrecked warships on the verge of hostilities.... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1914537

Histories of Non-State Political Divisions of the United States: History of American Samoa, History of Guam, History of Puerto Rico Books LLC Paperback (530 pages) List Price: $14.14* Lowest New Price: $14.14* Lowest Used Price: $15.24* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 14:54 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: History of American Samoa, History of Guam, History of Puerto Rico, History of the District of Columbia, History of the Northern Mariana Islands, History of the Panama Canal Zone, History of the United States Virgin Islands, Danish Colonization of the Americas, Twenty-Third Amendment to the United States Constitution, Danish West Indies, Arlington County, Virginia, Sixto Escobar, La Borinqueña, Alexandria, Virginia, Sports in Puerto Rico, Flags of Puerto Rico, Battle of Saipan, Fort Stanton (Washington, D.c.), Martyrs' Day, Capture of Guam, U.s. Customs House (Ponce, Puerto Rico), Puerto Rico Statehood Students Association, Guy Gabaldon, Spanish East Indies, Museo de La Masacre de Ponce, 1998 Puerto Rican General Strike, Serrallés Castle, 1733 Slave Insurrection on St. John, District of Columbia Retrocession, Danish West Indian Islands Sale Referendum, 1916, Tripartite Convention, Armstrong-Poventud Residence, Mariana and Palau Islands Campaign, Ponce High School, Ponce City Hall, Museo de La Historia de Ponce, History of Mayagüez, Freedom Tower Silver Dollar, Fort Kearny, Battle of Guam, Casa Paoli, Puerto Rican Citizenship, Akwamu, Japanese Occupation of Guam, Parque de Bombas, Juan Ponce de León Y Loayza, History of Palmyra Atoll, Japanese Holdout, Guam Organic Act of 1950, Jack Abramoff Guam Investigation, Casa Wiechers-Villaronga, Manuel Macías Y Casado, District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment, Hacienda Buena Vista, Alexandria Canal, Fort Reno Park, Battle of Tinian, Marie Haydée Beltrán Torres, Paseo Atocha, Outline of United States Virgin Islands History, Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro, Washington County, D.c., Museo Francisco Pancho Coimbre, Outline of Puerto Rico History, Outline of Northern Mariana Islands History,... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=91363

History of American Samoa, A By Amerika Samoa Humanities Council Bess Press Hardcover (384 pages) List Price: $93.27* Lowest New Price: $93.26* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 14:54 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: A History of America Samoa is a high school level textbook initiated and completed by the Amerika Samoa Humanities Council. The content detailed in the book ranges from the migration, discovery, and inhabitation of the western Pacific and specifically Samoa, today known as a territory just over a hundred years old. This textbook is written from the perspective of both oral and written accounts of Samoan history. It covers the geographical formation, historical inhabitation, and development of American Samoa through legends, geography, and timelines that help span a time period beginning with the earliest signs of human integration to today's modern setting. This text weaves together the historical account of a little known island with its people spread throughout the globe, through local myth, legend, and authentic biographical information in this comprehensive history of American Samoa.

Culture of Samoa: Samoa, Religion in Samoa, Sport in Samoa, Sport in American Samoa, Architecture of Samoa, History of Samoa, Music of Samoa, Rugby Union in Samoa, Beach Fale, Savai'i. Alphascript Publishing Paperback (76 pages) List Price: $51.00* Lowest New Price: $48.45* Lowest Used Price: $112.84* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 14:54 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: The traditional Culture of Samoa is a communal way of life based on Fa'a Samoa, the unique socio-political culture of Samoa. In Samoan culture, most activities are done together. There are 3 main parts in the Samoan culture, that is Faith, Family and Music.The traditional living quarters, or fales houses, contain no walls and up to 20 people may sleep on the ground in the same fale. During the day, the fale is used for chatting and relaxing. One's family is viewed as an integral part of a person's life. The aiga or extended family lives and works together. Elders in the family are greatly respected and hold the highest status, and this may be seen at a traditional Sunday umu underground oven.

Religion in United States Insular Areas: Religion in American Samoa, Religion in Puerto Rico, History of the Jews in Latin America Books LLC Paperback (46 pages) List Price: $14.14* Lowest New Price: $14.14* Lowest Used Price: $15.25* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 14:54 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Religion in American Samoa, Religion in Puerto Rico, History of the Jews in Latin America, Bahá'í Faith in American Samoa and Samoa, Juanita García Peraza, Islam in Puerto Rico. Excerpt: The history of the Jews in Latin America dates back to Christopher Columbus and his first cross-Atlantic voyage on August 3, 1492, when he left Spain and eventually "discovered" the New World. His date of departure was also the day on which the Catholic Monarchs Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon decreed that the Jews of Spain either had to convert to Catholicism, depart from the country, or face death for defiance of the Monarch. There were at least seven Jews (either crypto-Jews or Marranos) who sailed with Columbus in his first voyage including Rodrigo de Triana, who was the first to sight land (Columbus later assumed credit for this), Maestre Bernal, who served as the expedition's physician, and Luis De Torres, the interpreter, who spoke Hebrew and Arabic, which it was believed would be useful in the Orient - their intended destination. In the coming years, Jews settled in the new Spanish and Portuguese colonies in the Caribbean, where they believed that they would be safe from the Inquisition. Some took part in the conquest of the "New World," and Bernal Díaz del Castillo describes a number of executions of soldiers in Hernán Cortés's forces during the conquest of Mexico because they were Jews. By the mid-17th century, the largest Jewish communities in the Western Hemisphere were located in Suriname and Brazil. Nevertheless, several Jewish communities in the Caribbean, Central and South America flourished, particularly in those areas under Dutch and English control. By the 16th century, fully functioning Jewish communities had organised i... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1337332

American Samoa: A General Report by the Governor (1922) By William M. Crose American Samoa. Naval governor Cornell University Library Paperback (60 pages) List Price: $14.99* Lowest New Price: $14.99* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 14:54 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Originally published in 1922. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.