Dissertation Research: The Individualization of Land in American Samoa

本研究项目将探讨个性化 美属萨摩亚的土地，这是社会和 第二次世界大战后的经济变化。 具体而言是 研究者将分析个人所有权的法律的方面 在一个公有土地受法律保护的社会中， 个性化的过程，保守主义者的反应 呼吁恢复土著土地形式的个人 以及变化对家庭组织的影响。 这个项目将有助于我们对文化的理解 通过将一个社会及其传统结构视为 它在成为世界经济体系的一部分时发生了变化。 它还将有助于我们了解 影响土地保有权的态度和价值观， 伴随着变化。 这项研究将做出实际贡献， 理论贡献。 人们对土地的了解太少 土地保有权和农业项目的社会后果 和住房发展。 该项目将面向世界 土地转让和获得粮食资源的广泛关注， 将为政策制定提供信息。

This research project will investigate the individualization of land in American Samoa, which is a consequence of social and economic changes following World War II. Specifically, the researcher will analyze the legal aspects of individual ownership in a society where communal land is protected by law, understand the process of individualization, the reaction of conservative individuals who call for a return to indigenous forms of land tenure, and the affects of changes on family organization. This project will contribute to our understanding of culture change by looking at a society and its traditional structures as it is transformed on becoming part of the world economic system. It will also contribute to our knowledge of the processes affecting land tenure and the attitudes and values which accompany change. This research will make a practical contribution as well as a theoretical contribution. Too little is known about land tenure and the social consequences of programs of agricultural and housing development. Since, the project will address world wide concerns of land alienation and access to food resources, it will provide information for policy development.