Making Moros: Imperial Historicism and American Military Rule in the Philippines' Muslim South

by Michael C. Hawkins

Overview

Making Moros offers a unique look at the colonization of Muslim subjects during the early years of American rule in the southern Philippines. Hawkins argues that the ethnological discovery, organization, and subsequent colonial engineering of Moros was highly contingent on developing notions of time, history, and evolution, which ultimately superseded simplistic notions about race. He also argues that this process was highly collaborative, with Moros participating, informing, guiding, and even investing in their configuration as modern subjects.

Drawing on a wealth of archival sources from both the United States and the Philippines, Making Moros presents a series of compelling episodes and gripping evidence to demonstrate its thesis. Readers will find themselves with an uncommon understanding of the Philippines' Muslim South beyond its usual tangential place as a mere subset of American empire.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780875804590
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Publication date:	11/15/2012
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Michael Hawkins is assistant professor of history at Creighton University.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction 3

1 Imperial Taxonomies 26

2 Disruptions 54

3 Capitalism as Panacea 75

4 Modernity, Colonial Guilt, and the Price of Transcendent Progress 106

Conclusion 130

Epilogue: The American Military Period in Historical Memory 133

Notes 147

Bibliography 173

Index 183

Editorial Reviews

Essential reading for scholars of Mindanao, Philippine, and postcolonial history alike.

The Journal of Asian Studies

Well written and theoretically sophisticated, the book merits the attention of those interested in American imperialism and the history of the Philippines.

The Journal of American History

I highly recommend this book. This is a fine contribution to the new imperial history and subaltern studies. Its relevance goes beyond Filipino historiography and the early twentieth century.

H-Net Reviews

""Essential reading for scholars of Mindanao, Philippine, and postcolonial history alike.

" -TheJournal of Asian Studies  

"Well written and theoretically sophisticated, the book merits the attention of those interested in American imperialism and the history of the Philippines.

" -TheJournal of American History

"I highly recommend this book. This is a fine contribution to the new imperial history and subaltern studies. Its relevance goes beyond Filipino historiography and the early twentieth century.

" -H-Net Reviews"

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