Table of contents : Contents Illustrations Acknowledgments Notes on Spellings and Translation Regarding the Endnotes Introduction Chapter 1. The Half Century Before Chapter 2. Early Native Administration: Coping with Custom Chapter 3. Colonial Experiments and Mounting Resentments Chapter 4. The Wartime Opening Chapter 5. The Rise of Maasina Rule Chapter 6. Maasina Rule and the Government Chapter 7. Suppression and Resistance Chapter 8. Attrition and Compromise Chapter 9. Gains and Losses Abbreviations Notes References Index Other Volumes in The Pacific Islands Monograph Series About the Author