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Book/Printed Material Monetary authorities : capitalism and decolonization in the American colonial Philippines

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Title

  • Monetary authorities : capitalism and decolonization in the American colonial Philippines

Summary

  • "In Monetary Authorities Allan E. S. Lumba explores how money worked to justify racial and class hierarchies, enforce capitalist exploitation, and counter movements for decolonization in the American colonial Philippines. By tracing the archives of economic experts from the late nineteenth century through the 1930s, Lumba illuminates the colonial state's obsession with policing the economic activities of colonized subjects, who they believed could radically threaten the security of capital accumulation and U.S. imperial sovereignty. Authority over money, however, did not remain the possession of American colonizers. Filipino statesmen would attempt to gain control over colonial money, coveting both its material and meaning-making power. Lumba thus examines how struggles over the colonial monetary system would resonate with broader struggles over capitalism and decolonization in the Philippines and U.S. empire"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Lumba, Allan E. S., 1981- author

Created / Published

  • Durham : Duke University Press, 2022.

Contents

  • The wealth of colonies -- Mongrel currencies -- Bad money -- An orgy of mismanagement -- Under common wealth.

Headings

  • -  Anti-imperialist movements--Philippines
  • -  Capitalism--Philippines
  • -  Colonization--Economic aspects--History--19th century
  • -  Decolonization--Philippines
  • -  HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia
  • -  HISTORY / United States / General
  • -  Philippines--Economic conditions
  • -  Philippines--Foreign economic relations--United States
  • -  Philippines--History--1898
  • -  Philippines--Politics and government--1898-1935
  • -  United States--Foreign economic relations--Philippines

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DS685

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021031834

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Lumba, Allan E. S., Author. Monetary authorities: capitalism and decolonization in the American colonial Philippines. Durham: Duke University Press, 2022. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021031834/.

APA citation style:

Lumba, A. E. S. (2022) Monetary authorities: capitalism and decolonization in the American colonial Philippines. Durham: Duke University Press. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021031834/.

MLA citation style:

Lumba, Allan E. S., Author. Monetary authorities: capitalism and decolonization in the American colonial Philippines. Durham: Duke University Press, 2022. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021031834/>.