Fighting for American manhood : how gender politics provoked the Spanish-American and Philippine-American wars /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hoganson, Kristin L.
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	New Haven : Yale University Press, [1998]
Series:	Yale historical publications (Unnumbered)
Subjects:	Spanish-American War, 1898 > Social aspects. Philippines > History > Philippine American War, 1899-1902 > Social aspects. Politicians > United States > Psychology. Masculinity > Political aspects. Sex role > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century. 1800-1902 Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The manly ideal of politics and the jingoist desire for war
Cuba and the restoration of American chivalry
"Honor comes first": the congressional debate over war
McKinley's backbone: the coercive power of gender in political debate
The Spanish-American War and the martial ideal of citizenship
The problem of male degeneracy and the allure of the Philippines
The national manhood metaphor and the fight over the fathers in the Philippine debate
Imperial degeneracy: the dissolution of the imperialist impulse
Conclusion: Engendering war.