Fighting for American Manhood : How Gender Politics Provoked the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars

by Kristin L. Hoganson

• ISBN13: 9780300085549
• ISBN10: 0300085540
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-08-11
• Publisher: Yale Unversity Press

Summary

Blending gender, political, and foreign policy history, this groundbreaking book offers a new understanding of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American wars. The author shows how gender concerns influenced political leaders and how gendered arguments helped shape turn-of-the-century debates over war and empire.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
List of Abbreviations	xi
Introduction	1	(14)
The Manly Ideal of Politics and the Jingoist Desire for War	15	(28)
Cuba and the Restoration of American Chivalry	43	(25)
``Honor Comes First'': The Congressional Debate over War	68	(20)
McKinley's Backbone: The Coercive Power of Gender in Political Debate	88	(19)
The Spanish-American War and the Martial Ideal of Citizenship	107	(26)
The Problem of Male Degeneracy and the Allure of the Philippines	133	(23)
The National Manhood Metaphor and the Fight over the Fathers in the Philippine Debate	156	(24)
Imperial Degeneracy: The Dissolution of the Imperialist Impulse	180	(20)
Conclusion: Engendering War	200	(9)
Notes	209	(56)
Bibliography	265	(32)
Index	297