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Sport and the American Occupation of the Philippines
Bats, Balls, and Bayonets
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2016
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This interdisciplinary case study invokes historical, sociological, and anthropological means to examine the ascendance of the United States to a world power in its first imperial venture. In the aftermath of the Spanish-American War of 1898 the U.S. acquired and occupied the Philippine Islands for nearly a half century in an attempt to install a democratic form of government, a capitalist economy, the Protestant religion, and a particular value system. Sport became a primary means to achieve such goals, fostered initially by the military, and then widely promoted in the schools and the YMCA. Competitive programs, including international athletic spectacles, channeled Filipino nationalism against Asian rivals rather than the American occupiers as guerrilla warfare ensued in the islands. The strategies learned in the Philippines, now known as “soft power” remain prominent factors in current American foreign policy.
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Copyright year
2016
ISBN-Print
978-1-4985-3665-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-4985-3666-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
203
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Chapter One: Introduction No access Pages 1 - 18
Chapter Two: Social Darwinism No access Pages 19 - 40
Chapter Three: Military No access Pages 41 - 62
Chapter Four: Politics No access Pages 63 - 84
Chapter Five: Religion No access Pages 85 - 104
Chapter Six: American Capitalism in the Philippines No access Pages 105 - 126
Chapter Seven: Education No access Pages 127 - 144
Chapter Eight: Sport No access Pages 145 - 166
Chapter Nine: The Legacy of the American Occupation No access Pages 167 - 182
