Making Moros: Imperial Historicism and American Military Rule in the Philippines' Muslim South

by Michael Hawkins

Making Moros offers a unique look at the colonization of Muslim subjects during the early years of American rule in the southern Philippines. Hawkins argues that the ethnological discovery, organization, and subsequent colonial engineering of Moros was highly contingent on developing notions of time, history, and evolution, which ultimately superseded simplistic notions about race. He also argues that this process was highly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875804594
• ISBN13: 9780875804590
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher