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050 _aDS 688.D3
_b.T542 2005
100 _aTiu, Macario D.
_941711
245 0 _aDavao :
_breconstructing history from text and memory /
_cMacario D. Tiu.
264 _aDavao City
_bAteneo De Davao Univeristy
_c[2005]
300 _a386 pages
_billustrations
_c22 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a an in depth discussion of Datu Bago and other Davao heroes
520 _a and the widest collection of myths and legends representing almost all the tribes of Davao, most of which are published for the first time. Writing in fluid language and adhering to rigorous scholarship, Macario Tiu reconstructs the history of Davao from various texts and oral traditions. What comes out is a vibrant retelling of Davao's past.
520 _a sample studies of the different settlers at different periods of Davao history
520 _aThis book is by far the most comprehensive and scholarly work on Davao history. For the first time, the view into Davao's past is pushed back further than 1848 when it was conquered by the Basque adventurer Jose Oyanguren. This book presents new information and new insights: it has the most substantive discussion of the tribes of Davao in any single volume, including a theory of their migration
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