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The American Colonial State in the Philippines: Global Perspectives
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Paperback. In 1898 the United States declared sovereignty over the Philippines. While it became a colonial power at the zenith of global imperialism, the United States nevertheless conceived of its rule as exceptional - as an exercise in benevolence rather than in tyranny and exploitation. This book aims to untangle this peculiar self-fashioning. Editor(s): Go, Julian; Foster, Anne L. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
In 1898 the United States declared sovereignty over the Philippines, an archipelago of seven thousand islands inhabited by seven million people of various ethnicities. While it became a colonial power at the zenith of global imperialism, the United States nevertheless conceived of its rule as exceptional—an exercise in benevolence rather than in tyranny and exploitation. In this volume, Julian Go and Anne L. Foster untangle this peculiar self-fashioning and insist on the importance of studying U.S. colonial rule in the context of other imperialist ventures. A necessary expansion of critical focus, The American Colonial State in the Philippines is the ... Read more
In 1898 the United States declared sovereignty over the Philippines, an archipelago of seven thousand islands inhabited by seven million people of various ethnicities. While it became a colonial power at the zenith of global imperialism, the United States nevertheless conceived of its rule as exceptional—an exercise in benevolence rather than in tyranny and exploitation. In this volume, Julian Go and Anne L. Foster untangle this peculiar self-fashioning and insist on the importance of studying U.S. colonial rule in the context of other imperialist ventures. A necessary expansion of critical focus, The American Colonial State in the Philippines is the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
American Encounters/Global Interactions
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822330998
SKU
V9780822330998
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About Go
Julian Go is Academy Scholar at the Academy for International and Area Studies of Harvard University and Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Anne L. Foster is Assistant Professor of History at Indiana State University.
Reviews for The American Colonial State in the Philippines: Global Perspectives
“This superb collection of essays provides a necessary background for the stories that jump off today’s front pages—a supposedly wondrous American ‘empire,’ the hidden dilemmas of nation-building, drug-trafficking, colliding cultures, and a touching faith in American exceptionalism. As analyzed by some of our best younger scholars, we can now see clearly—and learn from—what happened to that earlier generation who set ... Read more