Meg Wesling: 1 book
Empire’s Proxy
American Literature and U.S. Imperialism in the Philippines
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2011
In the late nineteenth century, American teachers descended on the Philippines, which had been newly purchased by the U.S. at the end of the Spanish-American War. Motivated by President McKinley’s project of “benevolent assimilation,” they established a school system that centered on English...
