...Daniel Immerwahr In 1946, the United States freed its largest colony, the Philippines. This article examines the decision-making behind that and argues that the road to freedom was not straight. The 1934 law scheduling independence was motivated mainly by protectionism, racism, and a sense...

... political activism geopolitics Reagan era Philippines anti-Marcos activism Taiwan Kuomintang critics On the afternoon of June 1, 1981, Jimmy Ramil and Pompeyo “Ben” Guloy stepped through the doors of the Seattle cannery workers’ union office, where they found Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes...

.... imperialism U.S. citizenship native rights noncitizen American nationals race Philippines Puerto Rico VETA SCHLIMGEN The Invention of Noncitizen American Nationality and the Meanings of Colonial Subjecthood in the United States ABSTRACT This article contributes to histories of formal American...

... modern China as an importer of exotic goods and exporter of skillful entrepreneurs; and early European naval competition, exploration, and settlement. Key words: China, early modern, Philippines, Java, Taiwan In the Pacific of 1880 to 1940, discussed in many articles in this special issue, Americans...

...Julia Martínez; Claire Lowrie From the first years of the American occupation of the Philippines, the American colonial elite ran their households with the help of Chinese servants. The preference of government officials, including Governor William Howard Taft himself, for Chinese domestic labor...