Gray Captain J a C (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First Edition. Good +. There is spotted foxing on the cloth binding. Internally very clean and tight. From the DJ: "Captain Gray was the last Senior Naval Medical Officer stationed in Samoa, serving in that post from 1949 to 1951. He wrote Amerika Samoa to make better known 'the story of about 20,000 Polynesians, living in the remote South Pacific islands." Lower corners lightly bumped. DJ overall good +. Some soiling Light wear to the tips of the DJ and top edges. Corners torn about a half inch. Interesting history on Naval involvement in Samoa since the islands were ceded to the U.S. in 1900. Preface and Index XX pages, 295 pages including bibliography. Owner's signature on fep.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket is tattered and torn, jacket spine is chipped, jacket flap has a small notch cut out of the bottom. binding sound, internally clean, pages lightly age-toned. This book is a detailed historical study of American Samoa and the period when the islands were governed by the U.S. Navy. Captain Gray traces the history of the Samoan islands from early contact with Western explorers through the establishment of American administration.The narrative explains:Early Samoan culture and society before large-scale Western influenceThe 19th-century rivalry between the United States, Germany, and Britain over SamoaThe 1899 Tripartite Convention, which divided Samoa between Germany and the United StatesThe creation of American Samoa under U.S. naval administrationHow the U.S. Navy governed the territory from 1900 until civilian administration later in the 20th century.Because Gray served in the Navy, the book includes strong insight into naval policy, colonial administration, and the strategic importance of Samoa in the Pacific.Why the Book MattersFor many years this was considered one of the standard English-language histories of American Samoa. It is still cited by historians studying: