2008/01/01 by William Guéraiche · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Philippine History and Culture
paper · doi:10.4000/moussons.1536
openalex publication_date 2008/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/06
American rule in the Philippines (1898-1946) is in many respects an exception in the history of modern colonization. Not long after the signing of the Treaty of Paris (December 1898), which established the transfer of sovereignty over the Philippines from Spain to the United States, president William McKinley declared that American presence in the archipelago would be temporary. In keeping with this, the United States installed a democratic framework in its territories and laid the foundation...