God's Arbiters: Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902

by Susan K. Harris

Book Overview

When the U.S. liberated the Philippines from Spanish rule in 1898, the exploit was hailed at home as a great moral victory, an instance of Uncle Sam freeing an oppressed country from colonial tyranny. The next move, however, was hotly contested: should the U.S. annex the archipelago? The disputants did agree on one point: that the United States was divinely appointed to bring democracy--and with it, white Protestant culture--to the rest of the world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199307202
• ISBN13: 9780199307203
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"