Interest in the Philippines has grown substantially over recent years. "The Philippines: A Global Studies Handbook" provides an all-encompassing introduction to the dramatic history of this intriguing nation as well as the contemporary social, political, economic, religious, and artistic life, written for travelers, business people, researchers, students, or general readers.
The author, an award-winning professor of Asian studies, explores the effects of centuries of change and continuity on this fascinating, often contradictory land. It is a locals-eye view that gets straight to the...
Interest in the Philippines has grown substantially over recent years. "The Philippines: A Global Studies Handbook" provides an all-encompassing in...
From the first word in the "Lupang Hinirang" (the Philippine national anthem) and beyond, bayan permeates our lives and in a real sense, our consciousness. This is the inaugural volume of what is hoped to be a series of works on different aspects of Philippine studies brought together by Kamulatan (Consciousness), a studies collective.
Essays in this volume seek to explore various aspects of bayan and what it/she represents. This collection contains eight essays, four in English and four in Filipino; four are written by authors residing in the Philippines and four in the United...
From the first word in the "Lupang Hinirang" (the Philippine national anthem) and beyond, bayan permeates our lives and in a real sense, our consci...
