Compadre Colonialism - 9780891480037

Compadre ColonialismStudies in the Philippines under American Rule\nAuthor(s): Norman Owen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Michigan Press, United States\nImprint: University of Michigan, Centre for South and Southeast Asian Studies\nISBN-13: 9780891480037, 978-0891480037\nSynopsis\nThis volume is a manifestation of the continuing interest of scholars at the University of Michigan in Philippine studies. Written by a generation of post-colonial scholars, it attempts to unravel some of the historical problems of the colonial era. Again and again the authors focus on the relationship of the ilustrados and the Americans, on the problems of continuity and discontinuity, and on the meaning of modernization in the Philippine context. As part of the Vietnam generation, these authors have looked at American imperialism with a new perspective, and yet their analysis is tempered, not strident, and reflective, not dogmatic. Perhaps the most central theme to emerge is the depth of]