Dean Worcester's Fantasy Islands: Photography, Film, and the Colonial Philippines

by Rice Mark and Mark Rice

Book Overview

Dean Worcester's Fantasy Islands brings to life one of the most significant (but under examined) figures in the history of U.S. colonialism in the Philippines. Upon the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Worcester, a scientist who had traveled twice to the Philippines on zoological expeditions, established himself as one of America's leading experts on the Philippines. Over a fourteen-year career as a member of the U.S. colonial regime,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472052187
• ISBN13: 9780472052189
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"