Throughout its history, the United States has been both
imperialistic and anticolonial: imperialistic in its expansion
across the continent and across oceans to colonies such as the
Philippines, and anticolonial in its rhetoric and ideology. How did
this contradiction shape its interactions with European colonists
and Southeast Asians after the United States joined the ranks of
colonial powers in 1898? Anne L. Foster argues that the actions of
the United States functioned primarily to uphold, and even
strengthen, the colonial order in Southeast Asia. The United States
participated in international agreements to track and suppress the
region’s communists and radical nationalists, and in economic
agreements benefiting the colonial powers. Yet the American
presence did not always serve colonial ends; American cultural
products (including movies and consumer goods) and its economic
practices (such as encouraging indigenous entrepreneurship) were
appropriated by Southeast Asians for their own purposes. Scholars
have rarely explored the interactions among the European colonies
of Southeast Asia in the early twentieth century. Foster is the
first to incorporate the United States into such an analysis. As
she demonstrates, the presence of the United States as a colonial
power in Southeast Asia after the First World War helps to explain
the resiliency of colonialism in the region. It also highlights the
inexorable and appealing changes that Southeast Asians perceived as
possibilities for the region’s future.
General
Imprint: |
Duke University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
American Encounters/Global Interactions |
Release date: |
July 2010 |
First published: |
July 2010 |
Authors: |
Anne L. Foster
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Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8223-4800-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
LSN: |
0-8223-4800-4 |
Barcode: |
9780822348009 |
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