Seeking paradise in early twentieth-century Mindanao the Philippine experience of Vic Hurley

Vic Hurley worked in Mindanao in the interwar years. In this article I examine two of his nonfiction books, Southeast of Zamboanga (1935) and Men in Sun Helmets (1936). These books demonstrate how the discourse of tropics as paradise motivated Americans and Europeans to become colonialists. They als...

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I publikationen:Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Vol. 73, no. 1 (Mar. 2025), 45-71
Huvudupphovsman: Luyt, Brendan
Materialtyp: Artikel
Språk:English
Publicerad: 2025
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