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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783027803321

Autore

Hedman Eva-Lotta E.

Titolo

Philippine politics and society in the twentieth century : colonial legacies, post-colonial trajectories / / Eva-Lotta E. Hedman and John T. Sidel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-75421-3

1-134-75422-1

1-280-26821-2

9786610268214

0-203-99201-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Politics in Asia

Altri autori (Persone)

SidelJohn Thayer <1966->

Disciplina

320.9599

959.9047

Soggetti

Philippines - Politics and government - 20th century

East Asia

Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East

History & Archaeology

Philippines Politics and government 20th century

Philippines Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-198) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Philippine Politics and Society in the Twentieth Century Colonial legacies, post-colonial trajectories; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Trasformismo and Philippine democracy; 3 Morbid symptoms and political violence in the Philippines; 4 'Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown'; 5 The Last Hurrah revisited; 6 Malling Manila: images of a city, fragments of a century; 7 From Pugad Lawin to Pugad Baboy: the making of the 'new native'; 8 The Sulu zone revisited: the Philippines in Southeast Asia; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The only book length study to cover the Philippines after Marco's downfall, this key title thematically explores issues affecting this



fascinating country, throughout the last century. Appealing to both the academic and non academic reader, topics covered include:national level electoral politicseconomic growththe Philippine Chineselaw and orderoppositionthe Leftlocal and ethnic politics.