TY - BOOK AU - Francia, Luis, TI - A history of the Philippines: from Indios Bravos to Filipinos AV - DS 655 .F846 2014 CY - New York PB - The Overlook Press N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 338-347) and index; The islands before the cross, pre-1521 -- Expeditions, entrenchment, and Spanish colonial rule, 1521-1862 -- From Indio to Filipino : emergence of a nation, 1862-1898 -- Americanization and Its discontents, 1899-1946 -- The republic : perils of independence, 1946-1972 -- The republic : the strongman and the housewife, 1972-1992 -- Quo vadis, Philippines N2 - Traces the history of the Philippines from pre-colonial communities to the current multi-cultural society, covering the advent of Spanish-style Roman Catholicism, the 1899 Philippine-American War and World War II, conflicts that began and ended United States occupations, and other events that shaped the development of the country ER -