Contracting colonialism : translation and Christian conversion in Tagalog society under early Spanish rule. /

Rafael, Vicente L.

Contracting colonialism : translation and Christian conversion in Tagalog society under early Spanish rule. / Vicente L. Rafael. - Quezon City : Ateneo de Manila University Press, c1988. - xiii, 230 p. 23 cm.

Studies role of language in religious conversion of the Tagalogs to Catholicism and their subsequent colonization in early period of Spanish rules (1580-1705). Copublished with Cornell University Press. Winner, 1988 National Book Award, for History. Second printing 2000 (BIP-ADMUP).

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Christianity -- Philippines -- History.
Communication
Conversion.
Filipino
Languages -- Religious aspects.
Philippines -- History -- 1521-1898.

F BT 780 .R121 1988