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1 online resource (xii, 257 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Imagining the Americas
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Imagining the Americas.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-247) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States -- Foreign relations -- Philippines.
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United States. |
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International relations. |
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Philippines. |
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Philippines -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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Philippines -- Annexation to the United States.
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Annexation to the United States. |
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Philippines -- Foreign public opinion, American.
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Racism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
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Racism -- Political aspects. |
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History. |
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United States -- Colonial question.
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United States -- Territorial expansion.
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Territorial expansion. |
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Political messianism -- United States -- History.
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Political messianism. |
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Christianity and politics -- United States -- History.
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Christianity and politics. |
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Imperialism -- History.
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Imperialism. |
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Electronic books.
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Racism. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Harris, Susan K., 1945- God's arbiters. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011 9780199740109 (DLC) 2010035133 (OCoLC)663458970 |
| ISBN |
9780199781072 (electronic book) |
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0199781079 (electronic book) |
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9780199740109 |
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0199740100 |
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9781283121279 (MyiLibrary) |
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1283121271 |
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