I am an historian of 19th- and 20th-century U.S. history, with a special focus on imperialism, capitalism, and the Pacific Ocean. In my first book, Coconut Colonialism: Workers and the Globalization of Samoa (Harvard University Press, 2022), I argue that the globalization of Samoa at the turn of the twentieth century was driven by a diverse group of working people on and off the islands.

https://www.wpi.edu/people/faculty/hdroessler

Colonialism, Labor Migration

History

Polynesia

The Colonial time
20th century