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GOD'S ARBITERS
AMERICANS AND THE PHILIPPINES, 1898-1902 |
| By: |
Susan K. Harris |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£33.49 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0199740100 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780199740109 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
29 June, 2011 |
| Series: |
Imagining the Americas |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
God's Arbiters provides a rich cultural history of Americans' attitudes toward empire-building in the wake of the Philippine-American War, illustrating how the conflict affected views of U.S. imperialism at the turn of the twentieth century. |
| Synopsis: |
Mark Twain called it "pious hypocrisies." President McKinley called it "civilizing and Christianizing." Both were referring to the U.S. annexation of the Philippines in 1899. Drawing on documents ranging from Noah Webster's 1832 History of the United States through Congressional speeches and newspaper articles, and the anti-imperialist writings of Mark Twain, Harris keenly assesses the attitudes of Americans and the moralistic rhetoric that governed national and international debates over America's global mission at the turn into the twentieth century. She offers a provocative reading both of the debates' religious framework and of the evolution of Christian national identity within the U.S. She also moves outside U.S. geopolitical boundaries, reviewing responses to the Americans' venture into global imperialism among Europeans, Latin Americans, and Filipinos. |
| Illustrations: |
25 illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press Inc |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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