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Journey of 100 Years: Reflections on the Centennial of Philippine Independence

Journey of 100 Years: Reflections on the Centennial of Philippine Independence

Edit­ed by Cecil­ia Manguer­ra Brainard & Edmun­do Litton
PALH (PAWWA) 1999, soft­cov­er, 260 pages, ISBN 978–0963228109
PALH has copies, $15 each,  Free US ship­ping, email palhbooks@gmail.com

 

Historical Articles by Seventeen Leading Scholars

“Kudos to the Philip­pine Amer­i­can Women Writ­ers and Artists and the Asian Pacif­ic Stu­dent Ser­vices, Loy­ola Mary­mount Uni­ver­si­ty for this tour de force of one hun­dred years of Fil­ipino and Fil­ipino Amer­i­can his­to­ry and cul­ture. In this ambi­tious book, sev­en­teen lead­ing schol­ars and writ­ers sur­vey some sig­nif­i­cant themes and issues in the Philip­pines and the Unit­ed States dur­ing the 20th cen­tu­ry. We have Cecil­ia Manguer­ra Brainard on the sig­nif­i­cance of Mag­el­lan’s voy­age, and Edmun­do F. Lit­ton on colo­nial­ism and edu­ca­tion. Epi­fanio San Juan on the Fil­ipino dias­po­ra, Val­o­rie Slaugh­ter Bejara­no on Fil­ipino life in L.A., Luisa Iglo­ria on rev­o­lu­tion­ary Fil­ipino wom­en’s poet­ry, and much more. This work offers an impor­tant insight into the his­to­ry of the Philip­pines and will become a bench­mark for future stud­ies.” (Roger N. Buck­ley, Pro­fes­sor of His­to­ry and Direc­tor, Asian Amer­i­can Stud­ies Insti­tute, Uni­ver­si­ty of Connecticut)

“In four pri­mal areas — his­to­ry, edu­ca­tion, lit­er­a­ture, and the dias­po­ra — the edi­tors have gath­ered an engag­ing series of reflec­tions on the cen­ten­ni­al of the Philip­pine Rev­o­lu­tion and its con­tin­u­ing rel­e­vance. Far from mere­ly refresh­ing the past, the vol­ume pro­vides an unfold­ing dis­cus­sion at a pace that encour­ages the read­er to med­i­tate on the dis­course of Philip­pine nation­hood. Not only is the con­tin­u­ing rel­e­vance of the past thus revealed, but glimpses of the future become pos­si­ble, as well.

“While freely acknowl­edg­ing a his­tor­i­cal lega­cy of pover­ty, oppres­sion, colo­nial­ism, and class-based exploita­tion, this impor­tant book affirms that such cen­ten­ni­al stock-tak­ing must inevitably empow­er Fil­ipinos — both in the Philip­pines and in its ever widen­ing dias­po­ra.” (Roger J. Bres­na­han for Amera­sia Journal)

 

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Roger J. Bres­na­han for Amera­sia Journal

 

 

 

 

 

 


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