LEADER 03637nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910461232603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-983162-9 010 $a0-19-025282-0 010 $a1-283-12127-1 010 $a9786613121271 010 $a0-19-978107-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000094658 035 $a(EBL)716677 035 $a(OCoLC)729872814 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000522956 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12233218 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522956 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10539011 035 $a(PQKB)10780485 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001021736 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC716677 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL716677 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10472272 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL312127 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000094658 100 $a20100827d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGod's arbiters$b[electronic resource] $eAmericans and the Philippines, 1898-1902 /$fby Susan K. Harris 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (286 p.) 225 1 $aImagining the Americas 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-974010-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aWhen the U.S. liberated the Philippines from Spanish rule in 1898, the exploit was hailed at home as a great moral victory, an instance of Uncle Sam freeing an oppressed country from colonial tyranny. The next move, however, was hotly contested: should the U.S. annex the archipelago? The disputants did agree on one point: that the United States was divinely appointed to bring democracy--and with it, white Protestant culture--to the rest of the world. They were, in the words of U.S. Senator Albert Beveridge, ""God's arbiters,"" a civilizing force with a righteous role to play on the world stage 410 0$aImagining the Americas. 606 $aRacism$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aPolitical messianism$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aChristianity and politics$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aImperialism$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zPhilippines 607 $aPhilippines$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aPhilippines$xAnnexation to the United States 607 $aPhilippines$xForeign public opinion, American 607 $aUnited States$xColonial question 607 $aUnited States$xTerritorial expansion 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRacism$xPolitical aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aPolitical messianism$xHistory. 615 0$aChristianity and politics$xHistory. 615 0$aImperialism$xHistory. 676 $a327.730599 700 $aHarris$b Susan K.$f1945-$0847900 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461232603321 996 $aGod's arbiters$91893742 997 $aUNINA