Reflections on Philippine Culture and Society: Festschrift in Honor of William Henry Scott

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Jesus T. Peralta, William Henry Scott
Ateneo University Press, 2001 - History - 233 pages
A collection of essays reflecting the diverse and abiding interests of William Henry Scott, outstanding Philippine cultural historian writings on the Vocabulario Tagalo of Miguel Ruiz, the Sama lepa of Tawi-Tawi, feasting in the sixteenth century, land tenure, agrarian developments, the Palawan epics, postrevolutionary Cebu, the Franciscan friar F. Arriaga Mateo, and on Tagalogvocabularios. Includes biographical notes on Scott and a bibliography of his works.
 

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Introduction
1
A Biographical Note and Bibliography
15
Language as Currency and Dictionaries as Barter
39
Competitive Feasting in SixteenthCentury Philippines
54
The Food World of Miguel Ruiz
72
Prehistoric Links of the Sama Lepa of TawiTawi
95
The Palawan Epics
133
Francisco Arriaga Mateo O F M and the Philippine Prerevolution
151
Eighteenth and NineteenthCentury
168
The Postrevolutionary Transition in Cebu Province
203
Contributors
225
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