Visualizing American Empire : Orientalism and Imperialism in the Philippines
David. Brody
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Chicago : : University of Chicago Press, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (227 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1. Strange Travelogues: Charles Longfellow in the Orient; 2. Domesticating the Orient: Edward Morse, Art Amateur, and the American Interior; 3. Disseminating Empire: Representing the Philippine Colony; 4. Mapping Empire: Cartography and American Imperialism in the Philippines; 5. Celebrating Empire: New York City's Victory Party for Naval Hero George Dewey; 6. Building Empire: Architecture and American Imperialism in the Philippines; Conclusion: Taft Decorates the White House; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index. - In 1899 an American could open a newspaper and find outrageous images, such as an American soldier being injected with leprosy by Filipino insurgents. These kinds of hyperbolic accounts, David Brody argues in this illuminating book, were just one element of the visual and material culture that played an integral role in debates about empire in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America.Visualizing American Empire explores the ways visual imagery and design shaped the political and cultural landscape. Drawing on a myriad of sources-including photographs, t
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| Emner | Morse, Edward Sylvester, , 1838-1925.
Dewey, George : (NO-TrBIB)4069352 Longfellow, Charles Appleton : (NO-TrBIB)6076427 Morse, Edward S. : (NO-TrBIB)90774369 Vis mer... Dewey, George, 1837-1917.
Imperialism in art. Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925. Philippines -- History -- Philippine American War, 1899-1902. Philippines -- Relations -- United States. United States -- Relations -- Philippines. Filippinene Historie History & Archaeology Imperialisme Regions & Countries - Americas United States - General |
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| Dewey | 327.730599 . - 959.9
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| ISBN | 0226075338. - 0226075346. - 9780226075334. - 9780226075341
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