Contents -- Introduction -- From Thatch to Cement Social Implications of Housing Change on Rotuma -- Samo House Styles and Social Change -- Changes in Housing and Residence Patterns in Galilo, New Britain, 1918- 1992 -- Transformations in the Domestic Landscape of New Zealand Homesteads -- Private Houses, Public Sharing Pollapese Migrants Coping with Change -- A Samoan Solution to the Limitations of Urban Housing in New Zealand -- From Houses without Walls to Vertical Villages Samoan Housing Transformations -- (Not) In My Back Yard Housing the Homeless in Hawai'i -- Conclusion -- References -- Contributors -- Index.