State and society in the Philippines / Patricio N. Abinales, Donna J. Amoroso.

By:

Abinales, Patricio N [Author]

Contributor(s):

Amoroso, Donna J [Author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Quezon City : Ateneo De Manila University Press, c2017.Edition: Second EditionDescription: xlix, 413 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmISBN:

9789715507943

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

DS 674 .A25 2017

Contents:

List of boxes.--Foreword.--Preface to the second edition.--Preface to the first edition.--Map of the Philippines.--Philippine timeline.--Introducing Philippine politics.--The Philippines in maritime Asia to the fourteen the century.--New states and reorientations, 1368-1764.--State and societies, 1764-1898.--Nation and states, 1872-1913.--The Filipino colonial state, 1902-1946.--All politics is local, 1946-1964.--Marcos, 1965-1986.--Democratization, 1986-2004.--The rise and fall of "the strong republic".--Cacique democracy personalized.--Neo-Authoritarianism.--Glossary.--Bibliography.--Index.--About the authors.

Summary: This book should be required reading for those who want to understand the layered complexity of a country whose history has often been reduced to cliches like three hundred years in the convent and fifty years in Hollywood. Abinales and Amoroso have written a Philippine history for the twenty-first century-one that situates the country in Southeast Asia and globe and provides a rich perspective that moves far beyond the one-dimensional views that had long been offered by nationalist historians and orientalist commentators.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Filipiniana	NU BALIWAG	NU BALIWAG	Filipiniana	SHS-Filipiniana	FIL DS 674 .A25 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NUBSHS00000897

Includes glossary, bibliography and index.

This book should be required reading for those who want to understand the layered complexity of a country whose history has often been reduced to cliches like three hundred years in the convent and fifty years in Hollywood. Abinales and Amoroso have written a Philippine history for the twenty-first century-one that situates the country in Southeast Asia and globe and provides a rich perspective that moves far beyond the one-dimensional views that had long been offered by nationalist historians and orientalist commentators.

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