"the Clothes of Men": Ponape Island and German Colonial Rule, 1899-1914
Ehrlich, Paul Mark (June 1978). "the Clothes of Men": Ponape Island and German Colonial Rule, 1899-1914 (Thesis). State University of New York.
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Abstract: ...Though the German administration of Ponape (Pohnpei) spanned only fifteen years. it had a profound impact on the island. Though cautious at first, the Germans sought to implement a land reform which kindled existing tensions in 1908-1909 and ultimately erupted in rebellion in 1910. The rebellion had two principal results: Ponape was pacified and the Germans implemented a second, more stringent land reform. The primary object here is to present a perspective which reflects a Ponapean assessment of the impact of these events on the culture...
The study argues that relations between the Ponapeans themselves contributed as much to the rebellion as relations between the Ponapcans and Germans. It tries to understand why only one of the five kingdoms on the island fought against the Germans, despite the fact that everyone sympathized \~ith their cause. The focus here is not on resistance and collaboration but rather on the range of choices which wereere open to each of the Panapeans. Once the rebellion ended, Panape adjusted quickly and efficiently to a second German land reform in 1912. The Ponapeans assisted the Germans by carrying out the registration of land which formalized freehold tenure on the island: It is argued that the rapid adjustment was partly due to the fac.t that Ponape was essentially ready for the reform despite the fact that the earlier reform generated so much tension. Though the Germans initiated the reforms, it was the Ponapcans who ultimately carried them into practice. The way in which the Ponapeans carried out the reforms reflect.ed the changes in the political. social, and cuI tural framework of Ponape which occurred during the German period....
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