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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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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