Description: God's Arbiters : Americans and the Philippines, 1, Paperback by Harris, Susan K., ISBN 0199307202, ISBN-13 9780199307203, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US When the . 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 . 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. They were, in the words of . Senator Albert Beveridge, "Gods arbiters," a civilizing force with a righteous role to play on the
world stage.
Mining letters, speeches, textbooks, poems, political cartoons and other sources, Susan K. Harris examines the role of religious rhetoric and racial biases in the battle over annexation. She offers a provocative reading both of the debates religious framework and of the evolution of Christian
national identity within the . Th brings to life the personalities who dominated the discussion, figures like the bellicose Beveridge and the segregationist Senator Benjamin Tillman. It also features voices from outside . geopolitical boundaries that responded to the Americans venture
into global imperialism: among them Englands "imperial" poet Rudyard Kipling, Nicaraguas poet/diplomat Rubn Daro, and the Philippines revolutionary leaders Emilio Aguinaldo and Apolinario Mabini. At the center of this dramatis personae stands Mark Twain, an influential partisan who was, for
many, the embodiment of America. Twain had supported the initial intervention but quickly changed his mind, arguing that the . decision to annex the archipelago was a betrayal of the very principles the . claimed to promote.
Written with verve and animated by a wide range of archival research, Gods Arbiters reveals the roots of current debates over textbook content, evangelical politics, and American exceptionalism-shining light on our own times as it recreates the culture surrounding Americas global mission at the
turn into the twentieth century.
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Book Title: God's Arbiters : Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: God's Arbiters : Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subject: Discrimination & Race Relations, United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Imperialism, International Relations / General, American / General, Religion, Politics & State, United States / General, Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism
Publication Year: 2013
Item Height: 0.9 in
Item Weight: 15.2 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Susan K. Harris
Item Length: 6.1 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Religion, Political Science, Social Science, History
Series: Imagining the Americas Ser.
Item Width: 9.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
