American Samoa: Paradise Lost?

Location:American Samoa
Subject:US relations; culture change; education
Length:55 minutes
Format:16mm; Video
Hue:Color
Year Released:1969
Series:Intertel
Director:
Producer:WNET/13
Distributor:Indiana U (sale and rental)
Library Code:UHM AV/C VIDEOTAPE 6977
Description:The traditional lifestyle followed by Polynesians of American Samoa is being altered by its governing authority, the United States. The Americans have introduced a value system that stresses the need to accumulate money to a people who, in the past, have lived with the emphasis upon mutual rather than individual gain.
Record No:85
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