Apples & Ampalaya: Bittersweet glimpses of the American period in the Philippines, 1898-1946 by Augusto V. de Viana HISTORY - Japanese Occupation & World War II

Apples & Ampalaya: Bittersweet glimpses of the American period in the Philippines, 1898-1946 by Augusto V. de Viana HISTORY - Japanese Occupation & World War IILasting only less than fifty years with a brief interruption by the Japanese, the American period left a strong imprint in Philippine history and society. Old time Filipinos remember it with endearing terms such as the "good old days" and "peacetime." Behind the romantic nostalgia, the American period started with a broken promise to recognize Philippine independence and a savage war with cruelty unparalleled until that time. It saw the slow and

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Yet immigrants were greeted with signs that read “Positively No Filipinos Allowed” and were segregated to a four-block area centered on Lafayette and El Dorado Streets

Items procured through maritime trade became key symbols of social prestige and political power for the Philippine chiefly elite

Pages: 684 pages

Publisher : Greenwood (November 30

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ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0826199256

DATE PUBLISHED: 2001