Sport and the American occupation of the Philippines : bats, balls, and bayonets

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Sport and the American occupation of the Philippines : bats, balls, and bayonets

Gerald R. Gems

Lexington Books, c2016

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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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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Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Social Darwinism Chapter 3: Military Chapter 4: Politics Chapter 5: Religion Chapter 6: American Capitalism in the Philippines Chapter 7: Education Chapter 8: Sport Chapter 9: The Legacy of the American Occupation

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