Sport and the American Occupation of the Philippines: Bats, Balls, and Bayonets (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781498536653)

This interdisciplinary case study invokes historical, sociological, and anthropological means to examine the ascendance of the United States to a world power in its first imperial venture. In the aftermath of the Spanish-American War of 1898 the U.S. acquired and occupied the Philippine Islands for nearly a half century in an attempt to install a democratic form of government, a capitalist economy, the Protestant religion, and a particular value system. Sport became a primary means to achieve such goals, fostered initially by the military, and then widely promoted in the schools and the YMCA. Competitive programs, including international athletic spectacles, channeled Filipino nationalism against Asian rivals rather than the American occupiers as guerrilla warfare ensued in the islands. The strategies learned in the Philippines, now known as "soft power" remain prominent factors in current American foreign policy.

Author: Gerald R. Gems
ISBN-10: 1498536654
ISBN-13: 9781498536653
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 08/05/2016
Pages: 210
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 0.80d