In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines
by Karnow, Stanley
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0345328167
- ISBN 13
- 9780345328168
- Seller
-
Tokyo, Japan
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
US: Random House Publishing Grou, 1990. First Edition. Paperback. Good. A brilliant, coherent social and political overview spanning three turbule nt centuries."--San Francisco Chronicle Stanley Karnow won the Pulitzer Prize for this account of America's imperia l experience in the Philippines. In a swiftly paced, brilliantly vivid narr ative, Karnow focuses on the relationship that has existed between the two nations since the United States acquired the country from Spain in 1898, ex amining how we have sought to remake the Philippines "in our image," an exp eriment marked from the outset by blundering, ignorance, and mutual misunde rstanding. "Stanley Karnow has written the ultimate book--brilliant, panoramic, engros sing--about American behavior overseas in the twentieth century."--The Bost on Sunday Globe "A page-turning story and authoritative history."--The New York Times "Perhaps the best journalist writing on Asian affairs."--Newsweek.
Synopsis
Stanley Karnow won the Pulitzer Prize for this account of America's imperial experience in the Philippines. In a swiftly paced, brilliantly vivid narrative, Karnow focuses on the relationship 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.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Infinity Books Japan (JP)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000055818
- Title
- In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines
- Author
- Karnow, Stanley
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0345328167
- ISBN 13
- 9780345328168
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Grou
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1990
- Bookseller catalogs
- History / Asia;
Terms of Sale
Infinity Books Japan
We return books after seven days, if the customer is not 100% happy with our transaction.
About the Seller
Infinity Books Japan
Biblio member since 2006
Tokyo
About Infinity Books Japan
Infinity Books Japan,was founded in the year 2002, we pride ourselves in being there for our customers, we deal in, used, rare, out of print and first editions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...