Karine V. Walther
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781469625393
- eISBN:
- 9781469625416
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469625393.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
Chapter 6 focuses on the American Empire in the Philippines between 1903 and 1921, analyzing how religious beliefs continued to play a part in the development and application of American colonial ...
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Chapter 6 focuses on the American Empire in the Philippines between 1903 and 1921, analyzing how religious beliefs continued to play a part in the development and application of American colonial policies on the ground. It begins by examining how American officials relayed information about Filipino Muslims in plays, literature, operas, including a display of Filipinos at the St. Louis World Fair in 1904. It then offers detailed analysis of the policies of military rulers such as Leonard Wood, Hugh Lennox Scott, and John Pershing. It also examines how American missionaries, including Charles Brent, worked alongside colonial officials to convert Filipino Muslims to fit within the larger American colonial apparatus. It concludes with the role of American businessmen who pushed for the United States to make Mindanao a permanent American colony.Less
Chapter 6 focuses on the American Empire in the Philippines between 1903 and 1921, analyzing how religious beliefs continued to play a part in the development and application of American colonial policies on the ground. It begins by examining how American officials relayed information about Filipino Muslims in plays, literature, operas, including a display of Filipinos at the St. Louis World Fair in 1904. It then offers detailed analysis of the policies of military rulers such as Leonard Wood, Hugh Lennox Scott, and John Pershing. It also examines how American missionaries, including Charles Brent, worked alongside colonial officials to convert Filipino Muslims to fit within the larger American colonial apparatus. It concludes with the role of American businessmen who pushed for the United States to make Mindanao a permanent American colony.
Karine V. Walther
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781469625393
- eISBN:
- 9781469625416
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469625393.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
Chapter 5 focuses on the period between 1898 and 1905 and analyzes American religious justifications for the annexation of the Philippines after the Spanish-American War and the role that American ...
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Chapter 5 focuses on the period between 1898 and 1905 and analyzes American religious justifications for the annexation of the Philippines after the Spanish-American War and the role that American beliefs about Islam played in the early colonial apparatus. The chapter begins by analyzing the religious motivations that prompted the extension of American Empire to the Philippines, including the rhetoric of anti-imperialism. It analyzes how Americans sought to deal with the “Moro Problem”: the phrase that came to describe how the United States would go about governing its Muslims subjects. The chapter offers specific analysis of the first Philippines Commission, headed by Jacob Schurman, who initiated the classification and categorization of Filipinos according to their racial and religious identities.Less
Chapter 5 focuses on the period between 1898 and 1905 and analyzes American religious justifications for the annexation of the Philippines after the Spanish-American War and the role that American beliefs about Islam played in the early colonial apparatus. The chapter begins by analyzing the religious motivations that prompted the extension of American Empire to the Philippines, including the rhetoric of anti-imperialism. It analyzes how Americans sought to deal with the “Moro Problem”: the phrase that came to describe how the United States would go about governing its Muslims subjects. The chapter offers specific analysis of the first Philippines Commission, headed by Jacob Schurman, who initiated the classification and categorization of Filipinos according to their racial and religious identities.
