In Our Image: America's Empire in the PhilippinesThis book is an account of America's imperial experience in the Philippines from 1898 to 1946. Stanley Karnow, author of Vietnam: A History, has now written an enthralling account of an almost forgotten subject: America's imperial experience in the Philippines. Panoramic in scope, profound in its perceptions and compassionate in its human portraits, In Our Image is an exciting, heroic, tragic, colorful and often comic narrative drawn from many hitherto unpublished documents as well as hundreds of interviews with American and Filipino participants. Above all, its brilliant descriptions and analysis of this important chapter in American history holds lessons for the present and future. No other book on the subject is as comprehensive. - Jacket flap. |
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Page 56
... trade out of Manila was tightly regulated . Only one galleon , limited in size to three hundred tons , was permitted to make the annual round trip . Its Manila - bound cargo was legally limited in value to 250,000 pesos , twice that sum ...
... trade out of Manila was tightly regulated . Only one galleon , limited in size to three hundred tons , was permitted to make the annual round trip . Its Manila - bound cargo was legally limited in value to 250,000 pesos , twice that sum ...
Page 58
... trade also revealed the frailties of the mercantile monopoly . The British had seized both outgoing and incoming galleons during their attack against Manila . They soon halted the trade alto- gether and , as they departed , confiscated ...
... trade also revealed the frailties of the mercantile monopoly . The British had seized both outgoing and incoming galleons during their attack against Manila . They soon halted the trade alto- gether and , as they departed , confiscated ...
Page 226
... trade ties on the Philippines . The American trade affected millions of Filipinos , many of whom probably had no inkling of their reliance on the U.S. market . They cut fibers to be woven into hats , collected tobacco to be rolled into ...
... trade ties on the Philippines . The American trade affected millions of Filipinos , many of whom probably had no inkling of their reliance on the U.S. market . They cut fibers to be woven into hats , collected tobacco to be rolled into ...
Contents
All in the Family | 3 |
In Search of Spices and Souls | 26 |
The Spanish Bond | 48 |
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