Susan K. Harris. God’s Arbiters
Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12997189 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paola Gemme (Bridge University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1991-9336 • E-ISSN: 1991-9336 |
| Publisher | European Association for American Studies (PUBLISHER • FR) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ejas.10132 |
| OpenAlex | W184588535 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
God’s Arbiters examines the centrality of religious rhetoric in the debates over the annexation of the Philippines that took place during the Spanish-American War of 1898 and its aftermath. Specifically, Americans conceived of their nation as having a divine mandate to model and defend freedom in the rest of the world. Harris shows that expansionists and anti-expansionists alike shared the vision of the United States as divinely ordained to a global redemptive mission. They also shared the fu
Genealogy · Sociology · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Philippine History and Culture
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |