Legitimizing Empire by Faye Caronan PAPERBACK 9780252080807

Legitimizing Empire\nby Faye Caronan\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Faye Caronan\nTitle: Legitimizing Empire\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Politics and government\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press\nPublication year: 2015\nISBN-13: 9780252080807\nISBN-10: 0252080807\nRRP: \u00A323.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nWhen the United States acquired the Philippines and Puerto Rico, it reconciled its status as an empire with its anticolonial roots by claiming that it would altruistically establish democratic institutions in its new colonies. Ever since, Filipino and Puerto Rican artists have challenged promises of benevolent assimilation and portray U.S. imperialism as both self-interested and unexceptional among empires.\nFaye Caronan's examination interprets the pi.