In our image : America's empire in the Philippines /

Karnow, Stanley.

In our image : America's empire in the Philippines / Stanley Karnow. - 1st Ballantine Books ed. - New York : Ballantine Books, 1990. - 494 p., [26] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-475) and index.

A brilliant, coherent social and political overview spanning three turbulent centuries : Stanley Karnow won the Pulitzer prize for this account of America's imperial experience in the Philippines. In a swiftly paced, that has existed between the two nations since the United States acquired the country from Spain in 1898, examining how we have sought to remake the Philippines "in our image", an experiment marked from the outset by blundering, ignorance, and mutual misunderstanding.

0345328167 : $14.95 ($19.95 Can.)

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Philippines--History--1898-1946.
Philippines--History.

DS685 / .K38 1990

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