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God's arbiters : Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902 /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Imagining the Americas.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 257 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-247) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199781072 0199781079 9781283121279 1283121271 9786613121271 6613121274 9780190252823 0190252820 0199831629 9780199831623 |