Cricket, Kirikiti and Imperialism in Samoa, 1879-1939

By Benjamin Sacks

Book Overview

1. Introduction: an English game, a Samoan contest
2. Transcultural adoption in Samoa (and in sport)
3. From cricket to kirikiti
4. Colonial officials: play halted "in the interests of industry and progress"
5. Christian missionaries: "much that was distinctly heathenish"
6. Colonists, 'afakasi and military men: sundries on 'the Beach'
7. Navigating colonialism in three contexts: "cricket assumed a political importance"
8. Navigating New Zealand colonialism: "more interested in cricket than in Samoan politics"
9. Conclusion: sporting contest at the edges of empire

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030272672
• ISBN13: 9783030272678
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.3"