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Explain how American imperialism in Philippines differed with European imperialism in Indonesia and Indo-China.

  • UPSC 2011
  • Imperialism and Colonialism

American rule in the Philippines shared the rhetoric of "civilising" mission common to European empires in Southeast Asia, but diverged sharply in institutional practice by embedding a legally binding, if delayed, timetable to independence that neither the Dutch nor the French ever matched.

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