TY - BOOK AU - Karnow,Stanley TI - In our image: America's empire in the Philippines SN - 0345328167 : AV - DS685 .K38 1990 U1 - 959.9/03 20 PY - 1990/// CY - New York PB - Ballantine Books KW - Philippines KW - History KW - 1898-1946 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-475) and index N2 - A brilliant, coherent social and political overview spanning three turbulent centuries : Stanley Karnow won the Pulitzer prize for this account of America's imperial experience in the Philippines. In a swiftly paced, that has existed between the two nations since the United States acquired the country from Spain in 1898, examining how we have sought to remake the Philippines "in our image", an experiment marked from the outset by blundering, ignorance, and mutual misunderstanding. UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random051/89090934.html ER -