Hazel McFerson

Mixed Blessing (eBook, PDF)

The Impact of the American Colonial Experience on Politics and Society in the Philippines

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Produktbeschreibung

Invidious distinctions on the basis of race and overt racism were central features in American colonial policy in the Philippines from 1898 to 1947, as America transported its domestic racial policy to the island colony. This collection by young Filipino scholars analyzes American colonialism and its impact on administration and attitudes in the Philippines through the prism of American racial tradition, a structural concept which refers to beliefs, attitudes, images, classifications, laws, and social customs that shape race relations and racial formation in multiracial and colonial societies. The dominance of this tradition was manifested in the wanton prerogatives of the U.S. Congress and others who helped to carry out colonial policy in the region. The Spanish flexible racial tradition had resulted in a system based on ethnicity and class as determinants of social and economic structure, while the rigid U.S. racial tradition assigned race the more dominant role. The cultural affinity between the early individual American administrators and the Filipino elite, however, meant that class-based distinctions in the islands were not broken up. Thus, the extreme elitist character of the Philippines' economy and society persisted and became impervious to the influences which in other Asian countries led to a progressive weakening of elite structures as the 20th century advanced.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313075131
• Artikelnr.: 68528341

Autorenporträt

HAZEL M. MCFERSON is Associate Professor in the Department of Public and International Affairs, and Associate at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Fidel V. Ramos Preface Introduction by Hazel M. McFerson
Culture and Identity Filipino Identity and Self-Image in Historical
Perspective by Hazel M. McFerson Race and Culture in Spanish and American
Colonial Policies by Marya Svetlana T. Camacho Benevolent Assimilation and
Filipino Responses by Maria Serena I. Diokno The Role of Education in
Americanizing Filipinos by Alexander A. Calata Kayumanggi versus Maputi:
100 Years of America's White Aesthetics in Philippine Literature by
Princess Orig Society and Politics The American Influences on Philippine
Political and Constitutional Tradition by Wilfrido V. Villacorta Shaping
the Filipino Nation: The Role of Civil Society by Jose Rene C. Gayo Women
in Philippine Politics and Society by Mina C. Roces American Rule in the
Muslim South and the Philippines Hinterland by Raul Pertierra and Eduardo
Ugarte Cacique Democracy and Future Prospects in the Philippines by Julio
Rey B. Hidalgo Appendix 1: Annotated Chronology of Selected Events in
Philippine-American Relations Appendix 2: Treaty of Peace Between the
United States and Spain, December 10. 1898 Appendix 3: Benevolent
Assimilaton Proclamation by President William McKinley, December 21, 1898
Appendix 5: The Land Tendency Issue Index