After the galleons tracks the progress of Philippine foreign trade in the nineteenth century from the end of the galleon trade to the Philippine Revolution. It 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. It identifies the major trading partners (Britain, the U.S., China) and notes the minor part played by Spain. It finds that the country was a rice exporter. Behind the material progress it discerns growing extremes of wealth and of concentration in landownership. Unlike elsewhere in Southeast Asia, the driving forces behind the increase in trade and output were not government pressure o the plantation system, but incentives deriving from entrepreneurship and capital imports working through a system of flexible prices and exchange rates.

After the galleons: Foreign trade, economic change & entrepreneurship in the nineteenth century Philippines

History

Legarda, Benito J.

Asia

Ateneo de Manila University Press

<p>THE HILLS OF SAMPALOC recounts the opening actions during the early hours of the Philippine American War in the Sampaloc-Santa Mesa district in the eastern part of the city of Manila. The spot where the first shot was fired is identified as a side road that is now Calle Sosiego (not, as is commonly believed, San Juan Bridge), and the events (probably accidental) leading up to it that night, as well as the calculated American attacks the following day are described in detail, based on official documents (Filipino and American), news-paper reports, eyewitness accounts and private correspondence. The narrative goes on to cover developments following the fighting, such as unsuccessful truce efforts, Aguinaldo's declaration of war, recriminations among the participants, critical comments by anti-imperialist Americans and Mabini's candid assessment of Filipino military capabilities. Numerous photographs, taken mostly from publications of that period, illustrate the text.</p>

Hills of Sampaloc: The Opening Actions of the Philippine-American War, February 4-5, 1899

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Hills of Sampaloc: The Opening Actions of the Philippine-American War, February 4-5, 1899