| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 257 pages) : illustrations |
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Imagining the Americas |
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Imagining the Americas.
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| Contents |
Introduction: A Christian nation -- section 1: American narratives -- Citizenship and the Philippine debates : the religious factor -- Citizenship and the Philippine debates : the racial factor -- section 2: Creating citizens -- A Connecticut Yankee in the Philippines -- The national Christian -- section 3: The eyes of the world -- "The White man's burden," the Philippines, and the Anglo-American alliance -- "Saxon eyes and barbaric souls" : non-Anglo responses to the American annexation of the Philippines -- Noli me tangere : Filipino responses to annexation |
| Summary |
When the U.S. liberated the Philippines from Spanish rule in 1898, the exploit was hailed at home as a great moral victory, an instance of Uncle Sam freeing an oppressed country from colonial tyranny. The next move, however, was hotly contested: should the U.S. annex the archipelago? The disputants did agree on one point: that the United States was divinely appointed to bring democracy--and with it, white Protestant culture--to the rest of the world. They were, in the words of U.S. Senator Albert Beveridge, "God's arbiters," a civilizing force with a righteous role to play on the wor |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-247) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Racism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
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Political messianism -- United States -- History
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Christianity and politics -- United States -- History
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Imperialism -- History
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Annexation to the United States
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Christianity and politics
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Diplomatic relations
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Imperialism
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Political messianism
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Public opinion, American
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Racism -- Political aspects
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Territorial expansion
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Philippines
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Philippines -- Foreign relations -- United States
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Philippines -- Annexation to the United States
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Philippines -- Foreign public opinion, American
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United States -- Colonial question.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139972
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United States -- Territorial expansion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140559
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Philippines
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010035133 |
| ISBN |
9780199781072 |
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0199781079 |
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9781283121279 |
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1283121271 |
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9786613121271 |
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6613121274 |
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9780190252823 |
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0190252820 |
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0199831629 |
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9780199831623 |
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