God's Arbiters: Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902
- ISBN-10
- 0199740100
- ISBN-13
- 9780199740109
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 257
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-06-29
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Susan K. Harris
Description
God's Arbiters provides a rich cultural history of Americans' attitudes toward Empire building in the wake of the Philippine-American War, illustrating how the conflict affected views of U.S. imperialism at the turn of the twentieth century.
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