Philippine Independence in U.S. History

IF 0.4 4区历史学 Q1 HISTORY

PACIFIC HISTORICAL REVIEW Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.1525/phr.2022.91.2.220

Daniel Immerwahr

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Abstract

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 that the Philippines was a military liability. Moreover, it contained many loopholes. Between its passage and the scheduled date for independence, Washington’s original reasons for freeing the Philippines had nearly all vanished, and high-ranking colonial officials sought to derail the independence process. Nevertheless, the Philippines was freed, because Washington regarded this act as central to its attempts to legitimize the postwar world order. Putting Philippine independence in the proper chronological context connects it to the history of decolonization and U.S. global hegemony.

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美国历史上的菲律宾独立

1946年，美国解放了其最大的殖民地菲律宾。本文考察了这背后的决策，并认为通往自由的道路并不平坦。1934年的法律安排独立的动机主要是保护主义、种族主义，以及认为菲律宾是一个军事负担。此外，它包含许多漏洞。在该法案通过和菲律宾独立的预定日期之间，华盛顿解放菲律宾的最初理由几乎全部消失了，殖民地的高级官员试图破坏菲律宾的独立进程。尽管如此，菲律宾还是获得了自由，因为华盛顿将这一行动视为其试图使战后世界秩序合法化的核心。把菲律宾的独立放在适当的时间背景中，将其与非殖民化和美国全球霸权的历史联系起来。

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期刊介绍： For over 70 years, the Pacific Historical Review has accurately and adeptly covered the history of American expansion to the Pacific and beyond, as well as the post-frontier developments of the 20th-century American West. Recent articles have discussed: •Japanese American Internment •The Establishment of Zion and Bryce National Parks in Utah •Mexican Americans, Testing, and School Policy 1920-1940 •Irish Immigrant Settlements in Nineteenth-Century California and Australia •American Imperialism in Oceania •Native American Labor in the Early Twentieth Century •U.S.-Philippines Relations •Pacific Railroad and Westward Expansion before 1945