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The making of the modern Philippines

The making of the modern Philippines
pieces of a jigsaw state

  • ISBN: 9781350427884
  • Editorial: Bloomsbury Academic
  • Lugar de la edición: London. Reino Unido
  • Encuadernación: Rústica
  • Medidas: 24 cm
  • Nº Pág.: 272
  • Idiomas: Inglés

Papel: Rústica
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Resumen

With a fractured geography and complex identity, The Philippines is an eclectic and unique mix of culture, environment, people and politics. Known mostly for natural disasters, migrant labour and dictatorial presidents, in this book Philip Bowing shows how it is much, much more. Deftly navigating the history of this populous island republic, The Making of the Modern Philippines traces its history to define and explain its position in the modern world. Looking past the headlines of volcanoes, earthquakes and violence, it asks why has the Filipino economy lagged behind its neighbours, explores the importance of its location in geopolitics, and investigates how its deep-rooted Catholicism clashes with the Islamic consciousness of the region in which it sits. Taking the history of the Philippines from its pre-colonial era, through its Spanish and American occupations and up to the modern day, it unravels the complex politics, culture, peoples and economy of this rich and unique nation. Engaging with challenges the Filipino people face today such as federalism, revolution, Mindanao, the diaspora, capitalism and relations with China, it rediscovers the struggles, culture and history of its past to understand the present.

Fractured geography, complex identity
More church than state
'Uncle Sam's brown boys'
Choices of evils
Old wine in new bottles
Marcos: power corrupts absolutely
Ladders and snakes
Straight paths and road blocks
Man with a gun
'Imperial' Manila's weak grip
Lost advantage
The root of poverty
An unempowered economy
Beyond the Bayan
Of 'free trade' and the short arm of the law
Happy families of conglomerate capitalism
Mindanao: beckoning frontier
Moros, datus, military and more
Religion on its sleeve
Left field lies fallow
Foreign policy: all at sea

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