No Middle Ground

This book argues the Anti-Imperialist movement, led by the Anti-Imperialist League, followed an evolving path of ethical witnessing where leaders empathically considered the perspective of imperialist violence in the Philippines as expressed by marginalized ant-imperialists.

Erin L. Murphy is an independent scholar with a doctorate in sociology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Introduction: Awakening to Empire Part I: A World of Empires and the White Man's Burden Chapter One: Anti-Imperialisms and Ethical Witnessing Chapter Two: Sacred Democracy and the Presidential Election of 1900 Part II: From Tracking Public Opinion to Tracking the Law Chapter Three: The Senate Investigation on Affairs in the Philippines Chapter Four: Monitoring Benevolent Assimilation Policies Conclusion: Ethical Witnessing and the Dream of Inalienable Rights