Includes bibliographical references (219-280) and index.

Urbanization in developing countries

Urbanization and national development

Urbanization as Sine Qua Non to development?

Urbanization as symptom of the dependent nature of developing economics

Urbanization in developing countries: problems and policies

Manila and Philippine development

Pre-colonial philippines

Spanish colonialism and Philippine development

The role of Manila in Spanish colonial development

Social and cultural effects of Spanish colonial on Manila

The politics of Spanish colonialism

The American regime

Manila under the American regime

Class and politics under the American regime

Postwar development and politics to 0972

Metropolitan Manila's problems: the fate of the primate city under dependent development

The "primate city"

Urbanization under dependent development

Problems of the MMA:

Population densities

Quality of life

Sanitation

Distributions of incomes and the tax base

Services

Housing

Results

The crisis of Manila government and its causes

The nature and importance of the elite in Manila

The elite and the crisis of Manila government

The politics of reform and the imposition of martial law

Politics and problems of the government of Manila to the 1960s

Attempts at reform

Prelude to martial law

Martial law and the movement for metropolitan Manila reform

Location map of the Philippines

Map of Metro Manila and other Philippine regions

Population statistics of the city of Manila, 1903, 1918 and 1939

Level of urbanization, urban population, share in total urban population and annual growth rate, metropolitan Manila, 1903-1970

Average family income and expenditures, urban and rural Philippines, 1971 and 1975

Average family income and expenditures, urban and rural Philippines, 1975

Population density by region, Philippines as of May 1, 1975

Population density by municipality, metropolitan, Manila: 1975

Average income of families and distribution of total family income by tenths of families, metropolitan, Manila and the Philippines, 1975

Comparative income distributions, selected cities

Comparative income distributions, selected countries

Per capita revenue and expenditures, MMC cities and municipalities, fiscal years 1970-1971 and 1974-1975

Mortality and morbidity data, by type of settlement, Manila, Tondo area, 1973

Regional representation of higher civil servants, Philippines, 1993, 1959 and 1974

Population and land area of metropolitan Manila and other Philippine cities, 1948, 1960, 1970, and 1975

Gross domestic product by region, 1971-1974

Gross value added by economic sector, metropolitan Manila and Philippines, 1971-1974

Population change in metropolitan Manila, 1939, 1948, 1960, 1970, and 1975

Population, output, per capita output by region, Philippines, 1975

Population density, metropolitan Manila area, 1939, 1948, 1960, 1970, and 1975

Comparative income distribution, selected countries

Number of business establishments by major division, metropolitan Manila area, 1975