American Empire and the Politics of Meaning: Elite Political Cultures in the Philippines and Puerto Rico during U.S. Colonialism

by Julian Go

When the United States took control of the Philippines and Puerto Rico in the wake of the Spanish-American War, it declared that it would transform its new colonies through lessons in self-government and the ways of American-style democracy. In both territories, U.S. colonial officials built extensive public school systems, and they set up American-style elections and governmental institutions. The officials aimed their lessons in democratic government...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822342294
• ISBN13: 9780822342298
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"