American Empire and the Politics of Meaning: Elite Political Cultures in the Philippines and Puerto Rico during U.S. Colonialism

“"By combining rich historical detail with broader theories of meaning, culture, and colonialism, the author provides an innovative study of the hidden intersections of political power and cultural meaning-making in America’s earliest overseas empire. An original work that introduces readers to the value of using the comparative method in investigating the impact of colonialism on Filipino and Puerto Rican elites, and a fine example of multidisciplinary research where ‘history’ and ‘sociology’ effortlessly interact with each other."”— - P.N. Abinales.

Published in 2008. 

Copublished with Duke University Press.