American Imperial Pastoral : The Architecture of US Colonialism in the Philippines / / Rebecca Tinio McKenna

• Autore: McKenna Rebecca Tinio
• Pubblicazione: Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 pages) : illustrations, map
• Disciplina: 959.9/1
• Soggetto topico: Igorot (Philippine people) - Philippines - Benguet (Province) - History; City planning - Philippines - Baguio - History
• Soggetto geografico: Baguio (Philippines) History; Philippines Colonization; Philippines Relations United States; United States Relations Philippines; Baguio (Philippines) Ethnic relations; Philippines History 1898-1946
• Soggetto non controllato: Daniel Burnham; Philippines; Progressivism; United States imperialism; capitalism; colonialism; hill station; urban planning
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2017.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Cure for Philippinitis -- 2. Liberating Labor: The Road to Baguio -- 3. "A Hope of Something Unusual among Cities" -- 4. "Independencia in a Box" -- 5. Savage Hospitality -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In 1904, renowned architect Daniel Burnham, the Progressive Era urban planner who famously "Made No Little Plans," set off for the Philippines, the new US colonial acquisition. Charged with designing environments for the occupation government, Burnham set out to convey the ambitions and the dominance of the regime, drawing on neo-classical formalism for the Pacific colony. The spaces he created, most notably in the summer capital of Baguio, gave physical form to American rule and its contradictions. In American Imperial Pastoral, Rebecca Tinio McKenna examines the design, construction, and use of Baguio, making visible the physical shape, labor, and sustaining practices of the US's new empire-especially the dispossessions that underwrote market expansion. In the process, she demonstrates how colonialists conducted market-making through state-building and vice-versa. Where much has been made of the racial dynamics of US colonialism in the region, McKenna emphasizes capitalist practices and design ideals-giving us a fresh and nuanced understanding of the American occupation of the Philippines.
• Titolo autorizzato: American Imperial Pastoral
• ISBN: 0-226-41793-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154283803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II