| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 112.5

You have not been recognized as a subscriber to the AHR online. About 218 words from this article are provided below; about 576 words remain.

If you are a individual member of the American Historical Association, you may:: • login here if you have already registered for online access.; • Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.
• Set up your online account for the first time. AHA members can go to the AHA individual membership section to locate their member numbers.
If you are not a member of the American Historical Association, you can:: • Join the AHA and receive many member benefits including print and electronic issues of the American Historical Review.
• Purchase a research pass to gain two hour access to the entire History Cooperative web site. You will have full access to current issues of the American Historical Review (104.3-present). Note: the Research Pass does not provide access to JSTOR's holdings of the American Historical Review.
Instititutions can:: • Subscribe to this journal and receive print and electronic issues.
• Activate your existing subscription so that we recognize your IP number ranges.

| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 112.5 | The History Cooperative

Book Review

Comparative/World

Warwick Anderson. Colonial Pathologies: American Tropical Medicine, Race, and Hygiene in the Philippines. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press. 2006. Pp. ix, 355. Cloth $84.95, paper $23.95.

Over the past half century, the focus of historical research and writing on the American colonization of the Philippines has shifted markedly, at times in step with academic preoccupations but as often in response to events in the real world. In the decades following World War II, the political, military, and diplomatic dimensions of the islands' annexation were the first to be seriously explored in studies that were overwhelmingly U.S.-centric. The ensuing waves of decolonization fixed attention on the impact of colonial rule on Filipino society, which contributed to a proliferation of studies on American educational reforms, the consolidation of the Filipino compradore classes, and the resurgence of nationalism. In the aftermath of the Vietnam conflict, the focus on Filipino responses shifted to the plight of the peasantry and agrarian sources of millenarian, nationalist, and communist resistance to American and Japanese rule. The end of the Cold War has seen a convergence of books and essays that emphasize the cultural side of Filipino responses and a revival of interest in American interventions, but with a shift in focus to technology transfers, medical campaigns, and sociocultural transformations.

. . .

There are about 576 more words in this article. Please log in (or, if you are not yet an authorized user, please go to the User Setup page) to gain full access rights. Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.