God's arbiters [[electronic resource] ] : Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902 / / by Susan K. Harris
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| Autore: |
Harris Susan K. <1945->
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| Titolo: |
God's arbiters [[electronic resource] ] : Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902 / / by Susan K. Harris
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 327.730599 |
| Soggetto topico: | Racism - Political aspects - United States - History |
| Political messianism - United States - History | |
| Christianity and politics - United States - History | |
| Imperialism - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations Philippines |
| Philippines Foreign relations United States | |
| Philippines Annexation to the United States | |
| Philippines Foreign public opinion, American | |
| United States Colonial question | |
| United States Territorial expansion | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 world stage |
| Titolo autorizzato: | God's arbiters |
| ISBN: | 0-19-983162-9 |
| 0-19-025282-0 | |
| 1-283-12127-1 | |
| 9786613121271 | |
| 0-19-978107-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910461232603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Imagining the Americas.