TY  - BOOK
AU  - Arcilla,Jose S.
TI  - An introduction to Philippine history
SN  - 971550261X
U1  - 959.9 
PY  - 1998///]
CY  - Quezon City
PB  - Ateneo de Manila University Press
KW  - Philippines
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; In search of spices. The arrival of the Europeans, Magellan's death, voyages after Magellan; The conquest of the Philippines. The Legazpi expedition, prehispanic islands, oldest signs of human society; The new colony. Gente sin policia, unification into one colony, ruling a colony; Meeting of cultures. The missionary's role, initial changes, early economic changes; Initial colonial problems. The Chinese, the Moro raids, Europian politics and the Philippines; The farthest Spanish colony. Patronato real, the galleon trade, rich traders and poor farmers; Hispanization. The new habitat, the missions become towns, schools and other social indicators; Economic growth. Early economic development, sugar and abaca, an embryonic middle class; Roots of a nation. Institutions of hispanization, stirrings of nationalism the native clergy; Three national heroes. Jose Apolonio Burgos, Jose Rizal Mercado Y Alonso, Marcelo Hilario del Pilar; The Philippine revolution. Failure of the propaganda movement, the katipunan revolution; American intervention. The pact of biaknabato, the end of Spanish regime, the Americans decide to keep the Philippines; Reorganizing the Philippines. Philippine independence, war or insurrection?, educating the Filipinos; A new Philippines. A new economic system, a pluralist society, a new society; The difficult road to independence. Political activities, the Philippine commonwealth, the Japanese invasion; Independent Philippines. Liberation, problems of independence, the Philippine left; A young republic. Prospects for growth, contemporary problems, pledge for the future
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