Imperial Archipelago : Representation and Rule in the Insular Territories under U. S. Dominion after 1898

by Thompson, Lanny

• ISBN13: 9780824834883
• ISBN10: 0824834887
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-01
• Publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr

Summary

Imperial Archipelago is a comparative study of the symbolic representations, both textual and photographic, of Cuba, Guam, Hawai'i, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico that appeared in popular and official publications in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War of 1898. It examines the connections between these representations and the forms of rule established by the United states in each at the turn of the century-thus answering the question why different governments were set up in the five sites.

Author Biography

Lanny Thompson is professor of sociology in the College of Social Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Imperial Problem and the New Possessions	p. 22
How to Rule?	p. 22
The New-Possessions Books	p. 31
Islands of Women	p. 45
Gendered Politics	p. 45
Pretty Puerto Rico	p. 50
Cuban Virtues	p. 60
Hawaiian Eve	p. 66
Disillusion in the Philippines	p. 72
Narratives of Evolution	p. 88
The Control of the Tropics	p. 88
Cuba in Black and White	p. 90
The Whitening of Puerto Rico	p. 98
Hawai'i: From Native Monarchy to Republic	p. 105
Races, Tribes, and Religions in the Philippines	p. 118
Strategies for Americanization	p. 141
The Family of Man and the Infant Metaphor	p. 141
The Problem of Americanization without Settlement	p. 147
Revitalization of Cuba	p. 151
Assimilation of Puerto Rico	p. 156
Civilization of the Philippines	p. 164
Legal Foundations of Colonial Rule	p. 183
Alterity and Government	p. 183
Hawai'i: A Distant Frontier	p. 183
Cuban (In)dependence	p. 187
The Imperial Problem: Legal Opinion	p. 189
Rule in Puerto Rico and the Philippines	p. 195
The Supreme Court and the Insular Cases	p. 205
Special Provinces in the Philippines	p. 211
Guam: The Ship Metaphor and Military Rule	p. 227
Establishment of a Naval Station	p. 227
Denial of Self-Government	p. 237
Conclusion	p. 246
Bibliography	p. 255
Index	p. 271
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