The Resource God's arbiters : americans and the philippines, 1898-1902
God's arbiters : americans and the philippines, 1898-1902
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- Summary
- 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. Mining letters, speeches, textbooks, poems, political cartoons and other sources, Susan K. Harris examines the role of religious rhetoric and racial biases in the battle over annexation. She offers a provocative reading both of the debates' religious framework and of the evolution of Christian national identity within the U.S. The book brings to life the personalities who dominated the discussion, figures like the bellicose Beveridge and the segregationist Senator Benjamin Tillman. It also features voices from outside U.S. geopolitical boundaries that responded to the Americans' venture into global imperialism: among them England's "imperial" poet Rudyard Kipling, Nicaragua's poet/diplomat Ruben Dario, and the Philippines' revolutionary leaders Emilio Aguinaldo and Apolinario Mabini. At the center of this dramatis personae stands Mark Twain, an influential partisan who was, for many, the embodiment of America. Twain had supported the initial intervention but quickly changed his mind, arguing that the U.S. decision to annex the archipelago was a betrayal of the very principles the U.S. claimed to promote. Written with verve and animated by a wide range of archival research, God's Arbiters reveals the roots of current debates over textbook content, evangelical politics, and American exceptionalism-shining light on our own times as it recreates the culture surrounding America's global mission at the turn into the twentieth century. --Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 257 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199307203
- Label
- God's arbiters : americans and the philippines, 1898-1902
- Title
- God's arbiters
- Title remainder
- americans and the philippines, 1898-1902
- Subject
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- Imperialism -- History
- Philippines -- Annexation to the United States
- Philippines -- Foreign public opinion, American
- Philippines -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Christianity and politics -- United States -- History
- Racism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
- United States -- Colonial question
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Philippines
- United States -- Territorial expansion
- Political messianism -- United States -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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. Mining letters, speeches, textbooks, poems, political cartoons and other sources, Susan K. Harris examines the role of religious rhetoric and racial biases in the battle over annexation. She offers a provocative reading both of the debates' religious framework and of the evolution of Christian national identity within the U.S. The book brings to life the personalities who dominated the discussion, figures like the bellicose Beveridge and the segregationist Senator Benjamin Tillman. It also features voices from outside U.S. geopolitical boundaries that responded to the Americans' venture into global imperialism: among them England's "imperial" poet Rudyard Kipling, Nicaragua's poet/diplomat Ruben Dario, and the Philippines' revolutionary leaders Emilio Aguinaldo and Apolinario Mabini. At the center of this dramatis personae stands Mark Twain, an influential partisan who was, for many, the embodiment of America. Twain had supported the initial intervention but quickly changed his mind, arguing that the U.S. decision to annex the archipelago was a betrayal of the very principles the U.S. claimed to promote. Written with verve and animated by a wide range of archival research, God's Arbiters reveals the roots of current debates over textbook content, evangelical politics, and American exceptionalism-shining light on our own times as it recreates the culture surrounding America's global mission at the turn into the twentieth century. --Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1945-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Harris, Susan K.
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- E183.8.P5
- LC item number
- H37 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- Philippines
- Philippines
- Philippines
- Racism
- United States
- United States
- Political messianism
- Christianity and politics
- Imperialism
- Label
- God's arbiters : americans and the philippines, 1898-1902
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn823041487
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xii, 257 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199307203
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdacontent
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780199307203
- (OCoLC)823041487
- Label
- God's arbiters : americans and the philippines, 1898-1902
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn823041487
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xii, 257 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199307203
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdacontent
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780199307203
- (OCoLC)823041487
Subject
- Imperialism -- History
- Philippines -- Annexation to the United States
- Philippines -- Foreign public opinion, American
- Philippines -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Christianity and politics -- United States -- History
- Racism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
- United States -- Colonial question
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Philippines
- United States -- Territorial expansion
- Political messianism -- United States -- History
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