Fighting for American Manhood How Gender Politics Provoked the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars

Name: Fighting for American Manhood How Gender Politics Provoked the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars
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ISBN: 9780300085549

ISBN-10: 0300085540

ISBN-13: 9780300085549

Edition: 2000

Authors: Kristin L. Hoganson

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This groundbreaking book blends international relations and gender history, to provide a new understanding of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American wars.

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 8/11/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.92" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Kristin L. Hoganson is associate professor of history at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and author ofFighting for American Manhood: How Gender Politics Provoked the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars.



Acknowledgments


List of Abbreviations


Introduction



The Manly Ideal of Politics and the Jingoist Desire for War



Cuba and the Restoration of American Chivalry



"Honor Comes First": The Congressional Debate over War



McKinley's Backbone: The Coercive Power of Gender in Political Debate



The Spanish-American War and the Martial Ideal of Citizenship



The Problem of Male Degeneracy and the Allure of the Philippines



The National Manhood Metaphor and the Fight over the Fathers in the Philippine Debate



Imperial Degeneracy: The Dissolution of the Imperialist Impulse


Conclusion: Engendering War


Notes


Bibliography


Index