Edge of empire : the German colonial period in the Mariana Islands, 1899-1914 / by Dirk H.R. Spennemann
- Bib ID:
- 4316107
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Spennemann, Dirk R
- Online Version:
- Table of contents only
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- Edition:
- Rev. & enl. version.
- Description:
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- Albury, N.S.W. : retro/spect, 2007
- vii, [394] p : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 192122004X
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: Introduction 1
- T he Sources 2
- Acquiring the Marianas 4
- A cquisition 5
- Initial R eaction 8
- Parliamentary Debates 12
- The M acabebe Interlude 12
- The Hand-Over 14
- Raising the Flag 16
- Adm inistration 20
- Saipan-G uam Relations 33
- Administration at the Local Level 37
- C om m unications 42
- Postal Connections 42
- T elegraph 70
- Naval patrol visits 72
- B oosting the Population 76
- Land ow nership 85
- M aking It P ay 99
- Public Finance 100
- Government finances 104
- Private Finance 105
- Trading Companies 113
- N atural R esources 122
- Tropical Agriculture 128
- G overnm ent guidance 132
- Experim ental plots 135
- Livestock 140
- Seed and livestock exports 150
- Individual Introductions 151
- Agroforestry 152
- Pest Control 152
- Public W orks 154
- Architecture 154
- Town Planning 162
- H arb o rs 17 1
- O ther G overnm ent Facilities 175
- Law & O rder 177
- Law and Citizenship 177
- The Courts 183
- Law Enforcem ent 190
- Samoans on Saipan 195
- A Carolinian Island 196
- Resettlem ent to Saipan 198
- Problem s 203
- Going home 205
- Integration of the Chamorro and Carolinian communities 206
- Education 209
- Early Government Education 209
- The Language Q uestion 215
- Text Books 219
- The Government School 222
- Curriculum 237
- Denominational Schools 246
- Technical and Further Education 248
- Training overseas 249
- A trades school on Saipan 252
- Newspapers and Publishing 254
- Outlook 254
- Scientific Research 256
- Scientific Collections 257
- Archaeological and Ethnographic Research 257
- Public Health 264
- M edical support 264
- Epidem ics 271
- The Missions 272
- The last Spaniards 272
- German Priests take over 273
- Mt Carmel-The Center of Catholicism 275
- Other Congregations 280
- The Church on the Ground 284
- Local Life 286
- Traditional buildings 286
- M odern houses 287
- D ress 289
- Public H olidays 290
- G am es and Pastim es 293
- Life for the Germ ans 298
- D isasters 299
- Earthquakes 299
- Volcanic Eruptions 300
- Typhoons 300
- An Era Ends 324
- The Japanese occupation 324
- T im eline 330
- German Terms 332
- E ndnotes 334
- Bibliography 369.
- Notes:
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- Previously published: Aurora Australis : the German colonial period in the Mariana Islands, 1899-1914. - Saipan, Mariana Islands : Historic Preservation, 1999.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 370-389) and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Spennermann, Dirk R. Aurora Australis
- Also Titled:
- German colonial period in the Mariana Islands, 1899-1914
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