Fighting for American Manhood: How Gender Politics Provoked the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars (Yale Historical Publications Series)

Author: Dr. Kristin L. Hoganson
Publisher: Yale University Press
Keywords: american, yale, wars, historical, publications, series, philippine, spanish, manhood, gender, politics, provoked, fighting
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2000-08-11
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 0300085540
ISBN-13: 9780300085549

Book Description:

This study of international relations and gender history reveals how gendered ideas about citizenship and political leadership influenced jingoist political leaders’ desire to wage conflicts, and traces how they manipulated ideas about gender to embroil the nation in war.


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