Tautai: Sāmoa, World History, and the Life of Ta’isi O. F. Nelson 9780824872397
Tautai is the story of a man who came from the edge of a mighty empire and then challenged it at its very heart. This bi
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Key Historical Figures
Glossary of Sāmoan Terms
Maps
Prologue
1. Converging Worlds Sāmoa and Europe Clash (1883–1909)
2. Kaiser or King? German Empire, War, and its Brutal Aftermath (1910–1920)
3. The “Troublesome Garden of Eden” (1920–1923)
4. A New Era? (1923–1925)
5. Before the Storm (1926)
6. The Storm (1926–1927)
7. “He is Not a Samoan” (1927)
8. Exile and the Road to Geneva (1928)
9. “If There is Any Justice at All” (1928)
10. Slander, Abuse, and Calumny (1929)
11. Sāmoa’s Gethsemane (1930)
12. Breaking Mr. Nelson in the Great Depression (1931–1932)
13. Return to Sāmoa, Trial, and Exile (1933–1934)
14. Sāmoa Evermore (1935–1944)
Epilogue “Samoans Will Forgive, but Never Forget”
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
Key Historical Figures
Glossary of Sāmoan Terms
Maps
Prologue
1. Converging Worlds Sāmoa and Europe Clash (1883–1909)
2. Kaiser or King? German Empire, War, and its Brutal Aftermath (1910–1920)
3. The “Troublesome Garden of Eden” (1920–1923)
4. A New Era? (1923–1925)
5. Before the Storm (1926)
6. The Storm (1926–1927)
7. “He is Not a Samoan” (1927)
8. Exile and the Road to Geneva (1928)
9. “If There is Any Justice at All” (1928)
10. Slander, Abuse, and Calumny (1929)
11. Sāmoa’s Gethsemane (1930)
12. Breaking Mr. Nelson in the Great Depression (1931–1932)
13. Return to Sāmoa, Trial, and Exile (1933–1934)
14. Sāmoa Evermore (1935–1944)
Epilogue “Samoans Will Forgive, but Never Forget”
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
- Author / Uploaded
- Patricia O'Brien
