Johnson, Christopher E.,

Paths beneath the high trees : a historic resource study of the National Park of American Samoa / Historical resource study of the National Park of American Samoa Christopher E. Johnson. - xvi, 288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 28 cm

InShipping list no.: 2022-0198-P.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-266).

Introduction -- 1. Creation Stories and Natural History -- 2. Early Settlement and Culture Change -- 3. Late Precontact Samoan History -- 4. A New Age of Encounters, 1722-1830 -- 5. Missionaries and Samoan Christianity, 1820's - 1860's -- 6. Imperial Competition, 1860-1899 -- 7. US Naval Administration, 1900-1938 -- 8. World War II, 1938-1945 -- 9. Transition to Civil Government, Development, and Preservation, 1945-2017


United States. Department of the Navy --History.


National parks and reserves--American Samoa.
Archaeological surveying--American Samoa--National Park of American Samoa.


National Park of American Samoa (American Samoa)--Antiquities.
American Samoa--History.



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