TY - BOOK AU - de la Costa, H. AU - De la Costa, Horacio, Luis, 1916-1977. TI - A Look at Philippine history: essays AV - DS 668 .L872 1989 PY - 1989///];copyright 1989 CY - [S.l.] PB - St. Paul Press KW - Philippines KW - sears N1 - Cover title N2 - The book discusses Philippine history, its foundations, specifically the land, its people, and the early influences from China, India, and the Islam. It also discusses the Philippines during the Spanish period, the ups and downs of a colonial empire, the 1896 propaganda movement and revolution, among others. It also discusses the Philippines during the American period, the American heritage in the Philippines, the World War II as a tragic waste, and what has the Filipino learned something valuable in the Japanese occupation. Finally, it tells the stories of the Filipinos and the Philippines through pictures presented in the book ER -