The Philippines: A Singular And A Plural Place, Fourth EditionA unified nation with a single people, the Philippines is also a highly fragmented, plural society. Divided between uplander and lowlander, rich and poor, Christian and Muslim, between those of one ethnic, linguistic, and geographic region and those of another, the nation is a complex mosaic formed by conflicting forces of consensus and national identity and of division and instability.It is not possible to comprehend the many changes in the Philippines?such as the rise and fall of Ferdinand Marcos or the revolution that toppled him?without an awareness of the religious, cultural, and economic forces that have shaped the history of these islands. These forces formed the focus of the first edition of The Philippines. Of that 1982 edition, the late Benigno Aquino Jr., noted that ?anyone wanting to understand the Philippines and the Filipinos today must include this book in his '`'must' reading list.?The fourth edition has been updated through the final years of the Ramos presidency, and contains a new section on the impact of President Estrada. |
Contents
The Nineteenth Century | |
Land Ownership and the Distribution of Rural Wealth | |
A SINGULAR AND A PLURAL FOLK | |
The New Filipinos | |
Ilustrado Nationalism | |
THE MARCOS | |
The Communist Insurgency | |
New Players and | |
Disease and Decay | |
THE AGE OF AQUINO | |
The Politicized Army and the Militarized Party | |
Prosperity and Stability | |
Nationalism Resurgent | |
IlustradoAmerican Collaboration | |
Historical Ambiguities | |
GLOBAL AND LOCAL | |
Iglesia Filipina Independiente | |
Islam | |
COLLABORATION AND RESTORATION | |
Change and Stasis | |
Economic Progress | |
The Endgame | |
Conclusion | |
Index | |
Common terms and phrases
Aguinaldo American Aquino government archipelago areas army Asia Bank bases became Benigno Aquino Bonifacio Cardinal central Luzon century Chinese mestizo church Clark Air Base coconut Cojuangco colonial constitutional Corazon Aquino corruption coup Courtesy created cronies democracy democratic election elite Enrile Estrada export Ferdinand Marcos Fidel Ramos Filipinos forced foreign friars galleon guerrilla Honasan Hukbalahap ilustrados Imelda Marcos important independence industry islands Jaime Cardinal Sin Japanese jeepney Jose Juan Ponce Enrile land reform Laurel leaders living Manila Manuel Quezon Marcos’s martial law mestizo military million Mindanao modern movement Muslim nationalist officers Osmeña party peasant People’s percent pesos Philippine culture Philippine economy Philippine Ministry Philippine nationalism Philippine society political population President Aquino presidential Quezon City Ramos reality religious revolution rice Rizal Roxas Senate social Southeast Asian Spain Spanish Spanish Empire struggle Subic sugar Tagalog trade traditional United urban virtually wealth