God's arbiters : Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902 / by Susan K. Harris.

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...

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Main Author: Harris, Susan K., 1945-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Series:Imagining the Americas.
Subjects:
Racism > Political aspects > United States > History.
Political messianism > United States > History.
Christianity and politics > United States > History.
Imperialism > History.
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.
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