American Empire and the Politics of Meaning: Elite Political Cultures in the Philippines and Puerto Rico During U.S. Colonialism
- ISBN-10
- 0822342294
- ISBN-13
- 9780822342298
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 377
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-03-14
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Author
- Julian Go
Description
An assessment of Americans efforts to provide the elite of Puerto Rico and the Philippines an education in self-government in the early years of U.S. colonial rule.
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