Visualizing American Empire: Orientalism and Imperialism in the PhilippinesIn 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Charles Longfellow in the Orient | 10 |
Edward Morse Art Amateur and the American Interior | 29 |
Representing the Philippine Colony | 59 |
Cartography and American Imperialism in the Philippines | 89 |
New York Citys Victory Party for Naval Hero George Dewey | 113 |
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Visualizing American Empire: Orientalism and Imperialism in the Philippines David Brody No preview available - 2010 |