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

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Karnow, Stanley [Author. ]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Ballantine Books, 1990.Edition: 1st Ballantine Books edDescription: 494 p., [26] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

0345328167 :

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In our image :

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DDC classification:

959.9/03 20

LOC classification:

DS685 .K38 1990

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Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	GESM Library Main Library	English Non-Fiction Adolescent-Adult	ENA 959 KAR	Available	E0007523

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.

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