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Excerpt from The Development of Self-Government in the Philippine Islands Within the brief compass of this monograph it is necessary to limit the field of investigation to certain aspects of the American administration. In retracing the successive steps which the Filipinos have taken to the date they assumed practical self-government, the author has attempted to show the following: (1) that a de pendency may be successfully administered without dis regarding the desires of the governed America has set the example; (2) that under a humane policy two races which have nothing traditionally or otherwise in common may be made to cooperate with each other; (3) that the success of the American rule has been made possible because of the willing cooperation of the Filipinos them selves. The main purpose is to show the spirit of the administration and structural exposition has received little attention except where it was necessary. The monograph further attempts to show that the Filipinos' ambition for independent statehood, although very much abused for political purposes, is sincerely well meant and is largely responsible for the undivided cooperation in the execution of the liberal policy of America; that underneath this aspiration is a national consciousness the indestructible feeling of nationality - which has developed in the course of their struggle for liberty and justice. At all events this monograph is an acceptance of the American rule in the Philippines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This volume is a manifestation of the continuing interest of scholars at the University of Michigan in Philippine studies. Written by a generation of post-colonial scholars, it attempts to unravel some of the historical problems of the colonial era. Again and again the authors focus on the relationship of the ilustrados and the Americans, on the problems of continuity and discontinuity, and on the meaning of “modernization” in the Philippine context. As part of the Vietnam generation, these authors have looked at American imperialism with a new perspective, and yet their analysis is tempered, not strident, and reflective, not dogmatic. Perhaps the most central theme to emerge is the depth of the contradiction inherent in the American colonial experiment. [vi-vii]