... Kipling urged America to take up the white man's burden, Mr. Dooley, less reverently, noted that it was less than two months since most Americans had learned whether the Philippines were islands or canned goods. After testing the mood of the country,... Power and Intimacy in the Christian Philippines - Page 5by Fenella Cannell - 1999 - 312 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| John Bresnan - Business & Economics - 1994 - 134 pages
...limited knowledge of the Philippines at the start. President William McKinley proclaimed that he had no choice but "to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them," 2 not realizing that a great many of them were Christians already. A rebellion for national independence... | |
| David P. Chandler, Norman G. Owen, William R. Roff, David Joel Steinberg, Jean Gelman Taylor, Robert H. Taylor, Alexander Woodside, David K. Wyatt - History - 2004 - 584 pages
...islands or canned goods." But McKinley, intrigued with imperial opportunities, concluded that he had no choice but "to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them and by God's grace do the very best we could by them." To achieve that, he strengthened Dewey 's flotilla... | |
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