Catching the Dragon's Tail: The Impact of the Chinese in Samoa

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dc.contributor.authorNoa Siaosi, Ashalyna Sialataua
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-11T22:09:58Z
dc.date.available2010-08-11T22:09:58Z
dc.date.issued2010en
dc.description.abstractContemporary Samoan society is a reflection of a number of different cultures and influences. As a result of several attempts at colonisation by the British, German and New Zealand Administrations the cultural landscape of Samoa has been influenced by many different groups and peoples. As a result of integration and assimilation into the Samoan way of life the Chinese have been accepted into Samoan society and have contributed to the development of Samoan culture and identity. This thesis explores the history of the Chinese in Samoa as a method of uncovering the true extent of the influence played by the Chinese, both as a people and as a nation, in the make-up of Samoan society. It uncovers the roles and impacts of the Chinese in the island nation from the first Chinese arrivals in the late 19th century, through various political administrations and into the present day. The thesis will illustrate the importance of the Chinese in Samoa and how they have contributed to, and helped to shape, the Samoan people, politics, culture, identity and economy. This thesis explains the importance of the Chinese in Samoa by examining important events in Samoan history in the past 150 years. Such events include the forbidding of Chinese settlement in Samoa through the Malietoa Laupepa Law of 1880, the establishment of the Chinese indentured scheme, and the ‘new wave’ of Chinese aid being poured into the Pacific, including Samoa, in recent times.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/4257
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26021/4855
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studiesen
dc.relation.isreferencedbyNZCUen
dc.rightsCopyright Ashalyna Sialataua Noa Siaosien
dc.rights.urihttps://canterbury.libguides.com/rights/thesesen
dc.subjectChineseen
dc.subjectSamoaen
dc.subjectChinese in Samoaen
dc.subjectChinese influence in Samoaen
dc.subjectChinese impact in Samoaen
dc.subjectSamoan economyen
dc.subjectSamoan identityen
dc.subjectSamoan political historyen
dc.subjectChinese aid in Pacificen
dc.subjectChinese aid in Samoaen
dc.subjectChina aiden
dc.subjectChinese entrepreneurshipen
dc.subjectChinese-Samoansen
dc.subjectChinese Samoan intermarriageen
dc.titleCatching the Dragon's Tail: The Impact of the Chinese in Samoaen
dc.typeTheses / Dissertations
thesis.degree.disciplinePacific Studies
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Canterburyen
thesis.degree.levelMastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen
uc.collegeFaculty of Artsen
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