La Nouvelle Frontière

The New Frontier

Tuesday, September 8, 2020 Readings in Philippine History Special Edition

Political
Caricatures of
the American
Holding the Sack
The nationalization of key industries was the most
Era
imaginative policy and the most spectacular failure of
Governor-General Harrison’s administration.
Alfred McCoy
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THE AUTHOR The book contains

political cartoons
published in the
THE ARTIST
newspapers.

It provides an
insights about the
AMERICAN ERA different changes
un culture, society
and politics in the
Philippines in the
POLITICAL CARTOONS age of American
occupation.

ANALYSIS Source:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/sh
ow/3004055-philippine-cartoons
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Name: Alfred W. McCoy

Birth Place: Massachusetts
Occupation: Educator
(Harrington Professor of History)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Known for: Political Caricatures of
the American Era
Trivia
In his biography, the Philippines remain as the
major focus of his research. Some of these are:
1. Investigation of President Marcos’s “fake
medals.
2. Covert operations and modern Philippine Source:
https://kboo.fm/media/53711-alfred-mccoy-decline-us-global-
history. power
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Name: Alfredo Roces

Birth Place: Manila
Occupation: Freelance Artist-Writer
Known for: Notable author of
Philippine art books

Trivia
He designed the iconic CCP (Cultural Center of
the Philippines) logo. The font was derived
from that ancient Tagalog script to form a
modern Katipunan’s KKK.
Source:
1. Katotohanan
https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/art/03/10/19/the-
2. Kagandahan original-tisoy-on-his-exile-years-marcos-and-his-
3. Kabaitan tsutsuwas-and-not-putting-his-pain-in-paintings
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The Philippines are ours not to exploit but Social, Religious and Economic Progress
to develop, to civilize, to educate, to train in 1. Education
❑ Public School System
the science of self-government.
❑ Thomasites-First group of American
President William McKinley
teachers
America’s Benevolent Assimilation ❑ Pensionados (Scholars)

The proclamation outline the American 2. Religion

intention in acquiring the Philippines. ❑ Introduction of different religion
(religious freedom)
We come, not as invaders or conquerors, but as
3. Economy
friends, to protect the natives in their homes, in ❑ Free trade
their employment, and in their personal and ❑ Business boom
religious rights. ❑ New Industries
❑ Improvements of transportation and
(Excerpt from McKinley’s proclamation) communications
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Municipal Hygiene
The cartoon shows the public
reaction on the foul odor
coming from the wagon. This
measure was part of
American imposed sanitary
regulation to prevent disease
and transform the capital to
a model metropolis.
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The Rich Gets Richer

and the Poor Poorer
The author caption to the
said cartoon says the sugar
industry feasting upon lavish
credit while the rice industry
languishes
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The Director’s
Confidantes
In this caricature, a group of
Filipino doctors plead to
Public Health Commissioner
Dr. Victor Heiser to employ
them as a public health
doctor. Instead of employing
qualified Filipino applicants,
the doctor choose American
doctors. This policy angered
the nationalist.
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The Parties Take

Turns
Uncle Sam rationing porridge
first to Progresista (Federal)
Party that monopolized the
the colonizer’s generosity
while Nacionalista Party (on
the right side) waiting for the
their turn.
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Toward Liberty
The political cartoon shows
the double standard of Uncle
Sam for the Philippines. This
rebuke US congress after it
passed resolutions that
advocates Ireland, Poland and
Czechoslovakia independence.
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Voyage to Heaven
The caption of this cartoon
says fat Spanish friars in a
balloon loaded with jewels,
diamond crowns, bags of coin,
and boxes of paper money. It
depicts the vast wealth of
Spanish religious orders.
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Representing Peking?
In this cartoon, Pedro
Paterno (center, wearing
black suits) advocates
Chinese immigration for
plantation labor. The bill he
introduced agitated Filipino
farm laborers.
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Question of Time
The political cartoon shows
Filipino public officials
receiving bribe from a
Chinese. This illustrate
according to McCoy’s caption
the Chinese corruption of
Filipino civil servants.
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The Elections
The Progresista Party with
its victory in the 1907 election
for the First Philippine
Assembly, runned over a
figure of a young woman and
scattered pedestrians.
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From Bad to Worst

The political cartoon shows
Filipino aspiration for
independence and national
redemption.
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1. Equal work, unequal salary, why? 2. Evading Their Taxes

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3. Pretending Not To See 4. On The Spanish Bridge

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5. Nothing Between Two Plates

Make an analysis of the

selected political cartoons by
discussing:
1. The content and context of
the selected political
cartoons during the
American Era.
2. The similarity of the
selected political cartoons
in the present time (explain
and give examples).
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SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS

1. McCoy, Alfred and Roces, Alfredo. (n.d.). Selected sections and cartoons from 'Philippine Cartoons: Political
Caricature of the American Era 1900-1941' edited by Alfred W. McCoy and Alfredo R. Roces (1985). Retrieved
from
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315678206_Selected_sections_and_cartoons_from_'Philippine_Cart
oons_Political_Caricature_of_the_American_Era_1900-
1941'_edited_by_Alfred_W_McCoy_and_Alfredo_R_Roces_1985
2. Ocampo, Ambeth. 2017. When editorial cartoons were king. Retrieved from
https://opinion.inquirer.net/108037/editorial-cartoons-king?platform=hootsuite