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Apples and ampalaya : bittersweet glimpses of the American period in the Philippines (1898-1946) / Augusto De Viana.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Manila : University of Santo Tomas, c2001.Description: xvi, 164 p. : ill. 31 cmISBN:
  • 9715061575
LOC classification:
  • FR DS 685  .D494 2001
Summary: This book in fact tries in almost cryptic fashion to draw the general outlines of the Philippines historical experience these past two centuries. It locates the Philippines in the late 18th century in the crossroads of modernization and the already globalizing trend brought about by great number of technological and commercial advances of the colonial empires of the West at the time. It shows graphically in many instances how the games of the superpowers were played in this country, how wealth came and went out of this land, and in a strange way almost always left the country feeling poorer and exploited. (Foreword by Florentino Hornedo, viii)
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Filipiniana Reference Filipiniana Reference Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Filipiniana Reference DS 685 .D494 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3AEA0000299197
Filipiniana Reference Filipiniana Reference Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Filipiniana Reference DS 685 .D494 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3AEA0000265002

This book in fact tries in almost cryptic fashion to draw the general outlines of the Philippines historical experience these past two centuries. It locates the Philippines in the late 18th century in the crossroads of modernization and the already globalizing trend brought about by great number of technological and commercial advances of the colonial empires of the West at the time. It shows graphically in many instances how the games of the superpowers were played in this country, how wealth came and went out of this land, and in a strange way almost always left the country feeling poorer and exploited. (Foreword by Florentino Hornedo, viii)

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