Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 2011
Abstract
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When the US acquired its overseas colonies in the aftermath of the Spanish American War, photography quickly established itself as part of the colonial project. Photographs in magazines and newspapers brought the war home to American readers. Postcards and stereographs were popular consumer objects. Illustrated travel books, detailing the landscapes and peoples of the new colonies, were bestsellers. Photographs could provide visual evidence of the supposedly backward state of the colonies, which, in turn, could help to bolster arguments that the US was acting in the benevolent interests of the newly colonized peoples.
Publication Information
Rice, Mark (2011). "Dean Worcester's Photographs and American Perceptions of the Philippines." Education About Asia 16.2, 29-33.
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