Knowledge and Pacification: On the U.S. Conquest and the Writings of Philippine History

Type

Book

Authors

Reynaldo Clemena Ileto

ISBN 10

9715507786

ISBN 13

9789715507783

Tags

Philippines, Southeast Asia

Description

This book shows us how to think about the American century in the Philippines in another way. Colonial representations of the revolution and resistance to U.S. occupation have been contested quite effectively. But the bigger challenge, or rather pressing task, is to interrogate some basic notions that undergird our understanding of Philippine politics―notions that owe their provenance to early attempts by U.S. officials and scholars to pacify the enemy. - from Amzon

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