God's arbiters Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902 / Susan K. Harris.

Author/creator Harris, Susan K., 1945-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxii, 257 p., [15] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Subjects
Racism--Political aspects. --United States. --History.
Political messianism--United States. --History.
Christianity and politics--United States. --History.
Imperialism--History.
United States--Foreign relations. --Philippines.
Philippines--Foreign relations. --United States.
Philippines--Annexation to the United States.
Philippines--Foreign public opinion, American.
United States--Colonial question.
United States--Territorial expansion.

SeriesImagining the Americas
Imagining the Americas. ^A791092
Contents Introduction: A Christian nation -- section 1: American narratives -- Citizenship and the Philippines debates : the religious factor -- Citizenship and the Philippines 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: responses to the American annexation of the Philippines in Europe and Latin America -- Noli me tangere: Filipino responses to annexation.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-247) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010035133
ISBN9780199740109 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0199740100 (cloth : alk. paper)

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