{"product_id":"the-work-of-empire-justin-f-jackson-9781469660318","title":"The Work of Empire: War, Occupation, and the Making of American Colonialism in Cuba and the Philippines","description":"In 1898, on the eve of the Spanish-American War, the US Army seemed minuscule and ill-equipped for global conflict, yet its soldiers defeated Spain and pacified nationalist insurgencies in Cuba and the Philippines over the next fifteen years. Despite its lack of experience in colonial administration, the army also ruled and transformed the daily lives of the 8 million people who inhabited these tropical islands.\u003cbr\u003eHow did the relatively small and inexperienced army succeed in managing the day-to-day operations in its new territories? The US military depended on tens of thousands of Cubans and Filipinos to fight its wars and do the work of civil government. Whether compelled to labor for free or voluntarily working for wages, Cubans and Filipinos, suspended between civilian and soldier status, enabled US foreign rule by interpreting, guiding, building, selling sex to, and performing numerous other labors for American troops. In \u003ci\u003eThe Work of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, Justin Jackson reveals how their work disrupted the islands' older political, economic, and cultural hierarchies in ways that endured in postwar and post-occupation \"civilian\" regimes. Jackson offers new ways to understand not only the rise of US military might but also how this power influenced a globalizing imperial world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Justin F. Jackson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1469660318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469660318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Justin F. Jackson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46293159477503,"sku":"9781469660318","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_41040706-33f5-4b7b-adec-95c6436f0182.jpg?v=1730212301","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-work-of-empire-justin-f-jackson-9781469660318","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}