"Published in cooperation with University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Southeast Asian Studies."--Title page.

Includes bibliographical references (page 341-384) and index.

Part 1. The age of transshipment : Philippine foreign trade to the early nineteenth century

Philippine foreign trade to the Spanish contact

The galleon trade

Eighteenth-century state-sponsored efforts at trade diversification and economic development

Part 2. The rise of domestic exports in the nineteenth century and associated changes

Foreign trade in the nineteenth century : levels, commodities, and geographic distribution

Textiles and rice as indicators of economic change

Factors behind the growth of the export economy

Part 3. Entrepreneurial aspects

Conceptual and terminological considerations

Early foreign contacts and establishment of merchant houses

Entrepreneurial activity : the organization and operation of merchant houses

Innovations and domestic enterprise : endings and new beginnings

Economic crosscurrents to the time of revolution and beyond

Gift; Von Totanes; February 21, 2025; 133620d.

Winner of the Gintong Aklat award.