In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines

In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines
Cover of the first edition
AuthorStanley Karnow
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPhilippine–American War
PublisherRandom House
Publication date
1989
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages494
AwardsPulitzer Prize for History
ISBN9780394549750

In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines is a 1989 book by American journalist Stanley Karnow, published by Random House.[1] The book details the Philippine–American War (1899–1902) and the subsequent American occupation of the islands. Karnow described the book as "the story of America's only major colonial experience. How did we perform? What did we do there? What have we left there?"[2] Karnow was a journalist in southeast Asia from 1959 to 1974. He made six trips to the Philippines for research while writing the book, and also drew heavily on archives.[2]

The book was awarded the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for History.[3][2]

Karnow worked concurrently on, and was the ‘chief correspondent’ and narrator for, a companion three-part PBS television documentary, The U.S. and the Philippines: In Our Image, which aired in 1989.[4][5]

  1. ^ Stanley Karnow (1990). In our image: America's empire in the Philippines. Random House. ISBN 9780712637329. Retrieved 25 December 2012 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ a b c Charles Trueheart (April 12, 1990). "Pultizer [sic] Suprises [sic]: Getting the Word; Stanely [sic] Karnow: History of A Journalist". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  3. ^ The 1990 Pulitzer Prize Winner in History pulitzer.org
  4. ^ "Karnow interview with Brian Lamb, "In Our Image," C-SPAN, Booknotes, April 27, 1989".
  5. ^ John Sharkey, “PBS’ Sharp ‘Image’ of the Philippines,” Washington Post, May 8, 1989. "PBS' SHARP 'IMAGE' OF THE PHILIPPINES". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-07-17.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)