The blood government : race, empire, the United States, & the Philippines

Kramer, Paul A.

The blood government : race, empire, the United States, & the Philippines / Paul A. Kramer - xii, 538 pages : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 482-510) and index.

Introduction : sliding scales : race, empire, and transnational history Chapter 1. Blood compacts : Spanish colonialism and the invention of the Filipino Chapter 2. From hide to heart : the Philippine-American war as race war Chapter 3. Dual mandates : collaboration and the racial state Chapter 4. Tensions of exposition : mixed messages at the St. Louis world's fair Chapter 5. Representative men : the politics of nation-building Chapter 6. Empire and exclusion : ending the Philippine invasion of the United States Conclusion : the difference empire made

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Philippines--History--1898-1946
United States --History--1865-
Philippines--Race relations

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