Ilustrado politics : Filipino elite responses to American rule, 1898-1808 /

Cullinane, Michael.

Ilustrado politics : Filipino elite responses to American rule, 1898-1808 / Michael Cullinane. - xiii, 466 pages : illustrations 23 cm.

Brings to light the early political careers of Manuel L. Quezon and Sergio Osmeña in the context of changing colonial society and shows how provincial politics rose to national leadership in the midst of influential American officials and manila-based ilustrados as they took advantages of the possibilities presented by the new colonial order (BIP-ADMUP).

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Elite (Social sciences)--Philippines.
Politicians--Philippines.

DS 676.8 / .C898 2003