Author: Masterman, Sylvia
Title: The Origins of International Rivalry in Samoa, 1845-1884
Description: London, Allen & Unwin, (1934). orig.cloth. 22x14cm, 233 pp. With a foreword by A.P. Newton.. Textual maps & charts.. Rubbed. Foxed. Some page-edge spotting. Name on flyleaf. Good. ¶ Contents: The Origins of British Influence: The Missionaries 1836-45; The Origins of British Official Interest in the Navigator Ialands, 1845-55, & the French Menace, 1846-62; The Origins of the German Interests 1854-75; The Awakening of New Zealand's Interests in Samoa; American Interests in Samoa, 1839-76; The Years of Unrest that Led to the German, American & British Treaties with Samoa, 1876-79; The Problem of the Government of Smaoa, 1878-81; The Experiment of Native Autonomy Proves a Failure, July 1881-November 1884.

Keywords: Polynesian Colonial History, Polynesia, Samoa, British Colonialism, Great Britain, , , ,