Mixed blessing : the impact of the American colonial experience on politics and society in the Philippines / edited by Hazel M. McFerson.

Filipino identity and self-image in historical perspective / Hazel M. McFerson -- Race and culture in Spanish and American colonial policies / Marya Svetlana T. Camacho -- "Benevolent assimilation" and Filipino responses / Maria Serena I. Diokno -- The role of education in Americanizing Filipinos / Alexander A.Calata -- Kayumanggi versus Maputi: 100 years of America's white aethetics in Philippine literature / Princess Orig -- The American influence on Philippine political and constitutional tradition / Wilfrido V. Villacorta -- Shaping the Filipino nation: the role of civil society / Jose Rene C. Gayo --Women in Philippinepolitics and society / Mina C. Roces -- American rule in the Muslim South and the Philippine hinterlands / Raul Pertierra and Eduardo F. Ugarte -- Cacique democracy and future prospects in the Philippines / Julio Rey B. Hidalgo.