Empire’s Proxy : : American Literature and U.S. Imperialism in the Philippines / / Meg Wesling.
In the late nineteenth century, American teachers descended on the Philippines, which had been newly purchased by the U.S. at the end of the Spanish-American War. Motivated by President McKinley’s project of “benevolent assimilation,” they established a school system that centered on English languag...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2011] ©2011 |
Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Language: | English |
Series: | American Literatures Initiative ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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