Manila is one of the most important ports in Asia, uniquely sheltered by its unusual geography it has been a trading hub for centuries and at the centre of Spanish, American and British empire building. This book analyses the Anglo-American writing on the city in order to build …
"The city of Manila is uniquely significant to Philippine, Southeast Asian and world history. It played a key role in the rise of Western colonial mercantilism in Asia, the extinction of the Spanish Empire and the ascendancy of the USA to global imperial hegemony, amongst other …
"The city of Manila is uniquely significant to Philippine, Southeast Asian and world history. It played a key role in the rise of Western colonial mercantilism in Asia, the extinction of the Spanish Empire and the ascendancy of the USA to global imperial hegemony, amongst other …
Introduction: Manilaism as an Orientalism -- Chapter 1. 'A seething cauldron of evil': hispanophobia, Third World blues and Manila-as-hell -- Chapter 2. 'Known to all students of history': adventure, imperial mythology and orientalist rhetoric in manilaism of the US conquest of …
"The city of Manila is uniquely significant to Philippine, Southeast Asian and world history. It played a key role in the rise of Western colonial mercantilism in Asia, the extinction of the Spanish Empire and the ascendancy of the USA to global imperial hegemony, amongst other …