{"product_id":"2026200014702-secondhand-the-americanization-of-manila-1898-1921","title":"The Americanization Of Manila: 1898–1921","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the turn of the twentieth century, the United States seized the Philippine archipelago from Spanish colonial rule, and no city bore the imprint of this seismic political shift more visibly than Manila — The Americanization of Manila: 1898–1921 chronicles the sweeping transformation of the Philippine capital as it was remade, brick by brick and institution by institution, in the image of its new imperial master. Cristina Evangelista Torres presents a meticulously researched account of the critical two-decade period that reshaped Manila's urban landscape, governance, public health systems, and cultural life, tracing how American colonial administrators sought to project modernity and sovereignty through the deliberate reorganisation of a deeply layered city.\n\nTorres argues that this process of Americanization was never simply a matter of infrastructure or policy, but rather a profound contest over identity, power, and the meaning of civilisation itself — one in which Filipino voices, though constrained, were never entirely silenced. Grounded in archival research and written with scholarly precision, the work illuminates the enduring tensions between colonial ambition and local resistance that continue to shape Philippine society to this day. For anyone seeking to understand the complex genealogy of the modern Philippines, this study raises a question that lingers long after the final page: what does it truly mean for a city to belong to its own people?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49210284015835,"sku":"2026200014702-SECONDHAND","price":90.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/289a8cce-79fe-4b92-a696-46d6fd897f1f.png?v=1788268819","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014702-secondhand-the-americanization-of-manila-1898-1921","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}