1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791214503321

Autore

Brands H. W

Titolo

Bound to Empire [[electronic resource] ] : The United States and the Philippines

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford University Press, USA, 1992

ISBN

0-19-987437-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (397 p.)

Disciplina

327.730599

959.9

Soggetti

United States Foreign relations Philippines

Philippines Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; I: The Call; 1. Manic Depression: 1890's; 2. Dewey . . . or Don't We? 1898-1899; ll: Fretful Coexistence; 3. The Water Cure and Other Remedies for Philippine Nationalism: 1899-1901; 4. Progressivism from Above: 1901-1907; 5. Politics from Below: 1907-1912; 6. Filipinization: 1913-1920; 7. Republicanization: 1921-1926; 8. The Bottom Line: 1927-1934; 9. The Datu and the Procounsul: 1935-1941; lll: Utang na Loob?; 10. Retreat: 1941-1944; 11. Return: 1944-1946; IV: By Other Means; 12. Cold War in Asia: 1946-1952; 13. A Special Relationship: 1953-1957

14. The Ground Softens: 1957-196415. What Allies Are For: 1965-1972; 16. Democracy Undone: 1972-1983; 17. Vox Populi: 1983-1991; Conclusion; Manuscript Collections Cited; Notes; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

From the day Commodore Dewey's battleships destroyed the Spanish fleet at Manila to the closing of the Subic Bay naval base in 1992, America and the Philippines have shared a long and tangled history. It has been a century of war and colonialism, earnest reforms and blatant corruption, diplomatic maneuvering and political intrigue, an era colored by dramatic events and striking personalities. In Bound to Empire, acclaimed historian H.W. Brands gives us a brilliant account of the American involvement in the Philippines in a sweeping narrative filled with analytical insight. Ranging from the Spanish....



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780450203321

Autore

Grosfoguel Ramón

Titolo

Colonial subjects [[electronic resource] ] : Puerto Ricans in a global perspective

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2003

ISBN

0-520-92754-0

1-59734-550-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Disciplina

304.8/73

304.8730729509043

Soggetti

Puerto Ricans

Puerto Ricans-- United States-- History-- 20th century

Puerto Ricans - History - 20th century - United States

Puerto Ricans - History - Migrations - 20th century - Europe, Western

Puerto Ricans - History - 20th century

Ethnic & Race Studies

Gender & Ethnic Studies

Social Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Geopolitics of Knowledge and Coloniality of Power; part one:l The Political Economy of Puerto Rico; part two: Puerto Rican Migration and the Caribbean Diapora in the United States; part three: Caribbean Colonial Migrants in Western Europe and the United States; Appendix; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Colonial Subjects is the first book to use a combination of world-system and postcolonial approaches to compare Puerto Rican migration with Caribbean migration to both the United States and Western Europe. Ramon Grosfoguel provides an alternative reading of the world-system approach to Puerto Rico's history, political economy, and urbanization processes.