The new culture wars: the growth of Polynesian migrant youth gangs in the United States

Title: The new culture wars: the growth of Polynesian migrant youth gangs in the United States
Creator: Rodriguez, Lena
Relation: Essays on Social Themes p. 203-214
Relation: http://www.atiner.gr/docs/2011PAPANIKOS_CONT.htm
Publisher: Athens Institute for Education and Research
Resource Type: book chapter
Date: 2011
Description: Over the last century, the strategic island states of the South Pacific were divided up amongst the colonial powers of Britain, France, Germany, the United States and Australia, with New Zealand given dominion of the small Polynesian nations of Western (now Independent) Samoa and Tonga. The United States took control of Guam; 'American Samoa', and extended its, arguably, illegal annexation of Hawaii (Conklin, 2008). While the United States attracted small numbers of migrants from Hawaii and American Samoa since this time, it has only been since the 1980s, that significant numbers of Samoans and Tongans have migrated to the United States via Australia, New Zealand and the 'home islands'. These historical colonial pacts and allegiances have failed to deliver adequate infrastructure, or educational and employment opportunities, thereby creating a legacy of deprivation which is fueling the current migration patterns.
Subject: youth gangs; Polynesian migrants; migration patterns; diaspora
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1053610
Identifier: uon:15640
Identifier: ISBN:9789609549806
Language: eng

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