After the Galleons: Foreign Trade, Economic Change and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines by Benito J. Legarda Jr. Literature

After the Galleons: Foreign Trade, Economic Change and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines by Benito J. Legarda Jr. LiteratureWinner, 2000 Gintong Aklat Award, for Social Science." Tracks the progress of Philippine foreign trade in the nineteenth century from the end of the galleon trade to the Philippine Revolution. Describes the great increase in the value of domestic exports with their progressive concentration in abaca and sugar, and the concentration of imports on textiles. Identifies the major trading partners (Britain, the U. S., China) and notes the minor part played

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an NEA-TCG Playwriting Residency Fellowship

Publisher : Adarna House (January 1

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oppositional inquiry of "Others" epitomizes the itinerary of San Juan's exploration of the discipline once called litterae humaniores but now reconceived as the praxis of critical transgressions

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Publisher: New Day publisher

revealing how the politics of exclusion played out over time against different population groups

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