God's arbiters : Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902 / by Susan K. Harris.
2011
E183.8.P5 H37 2011eb
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Title
God's arbiters : Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902 / by Susan K. Harris.
Author
ISBN
9780199781072 (electronic bk.)
0199781079 (electronic bk.)
9781283121279 (MyiLibrary)
1283121271
9786613121271
6613121274
9780190252823
0190252820
0199831629
9780199831623
9780199740109
0199740100
0199781079 (electronic bk.)
9781283121279 (MyiLibrary)
1283121271
9786613121271
6613121274
9780190252823
0190252820
0199831629
9780199831623
9780199740109
0199740100
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Language Note
English.
Description
1 online resource (xii, 257 pages) : illustrations
Call Number
E183.8.P5 H37 2011eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)729872814
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, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-247) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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.
Source of Description
Print version record.
Series
Imagining the Americas.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Harris, Susan K., 1945- God's arbiters. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011
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