American Mestizos, the Philippines, and the Malleability of Race: 1898-1961

by Nicholas Trajano Molnar

The American mestizos, a group that emerged in the Philippines after it was colonized by the United States, became a serious social concern for expatriate Americans and Filipino nationalists far disproportionate to their actual size, confounding observers who debated where they fit into the racial schema of the island nation.

Across the Pacific, these same mestizos were racialized in a way that characterized them as a asset to the United States,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082622122X
• ISBN13: 9780826221223
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5