Peter W. Stanley

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Stanley, Peter W. (1974). A Nation in the making: The Philippines and the United States, 1899-1921. Harvard University Press. ISBN   9780674436053.

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Peter W. Stanley
8th President of Pomona College
In office
1991–2003