One of the best general introductions to the Philippines is the Library of Congress handbook Philippines: A Country Study (1993), edited by Ronald E. Dolan. Emily U. Lepthien's The Philippines (1986) provides a good introduction to life in the Philippines for younger readers, especially those of middle-school ages. The Philippines: A Singular and Plural Place (1994), by David Joel Steinberg, is an overview of Philippine culture, geography, and history. It has separate chapters on the Marcos, Aquino, and Ramos periods.
The classic work on the influence of Spanish colonialism on the Philippines is John Leddy Phelan's The Hispanization of the Philippines: Spanish Aims and Filipino Responses, 1565-1700 (1967). The Spanish-American War and the conquest of the Philippines by the United States are covered by John William Tebbel's America's Great Patriotic War with Spain: Mixed Motives, Lies, and Racism in Cuba and the Philippines, 1898-1915 (1996). The journalist Stanley Karnow provides a readable history of American colonialism in the Philippines in his book In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines (1989).
The standard study of the Huk uprising is Benedict J. Kerkvliet's The Huk Rebellion: A Study ofPeasant Revolt in the Philippines (1977). He Who Rides the Tiger (1967), by Luis Taruc, is the autobiography of one of the leaders of the Huks. Richard J. Kessler's Rebellion and Repression in the Philippines (1991) focuses primarily on the communist guerrilla movement from the 1960's through the 1980's. Revolt in Mindanao: The Rise of Islam in Philippine Politics (1980), by Thayil Jaboc Sony George, examines the origins of the Muslim insurgency in the southern Philippines. Wan Kadir Che Man's Muslim Separatism: The Moros of Southern Philippines and the Malays of Southern Thailand (1991) is a scholarly study of Muslim minority nationalism in Southeast Asia.
For a comparative view of the Muslim insurgency in the Philippines, see Between Integration and Secession: The Muslim Communities of the Southern Philippines, Southern Thailand, and Western Burma/Myanmar (2002), by Moshe Yegar. Terrorism in the Philippines: The Bloody Trail ofAbu Sayyaf, Bin Laden's East Asian Connection (2001), by Dirk J. Barreveld, is chiefly concerned with the brutality of the Abu Sayyaf guerrillas and with their connections to the international al-Qaeda network.
Corazon Aquino: Journey to Power (1987), by Laurie Nadel, is a biography of the former president of the Philippines, designed for middle-school and high-school students. People Power—An Eyewitness History: The Philippine Revolution of 1986 (1987), edited by Monina Allarey Mercado, tells the story of the peaceful revolt against the Marcos government from the perspectives of the participants. Former president Fidel V. Ramos, who followed Aquino in office, tells the official version of his administration
In Developing as Democracy: Reform and Recovery, 1992-1998 (1999).
There are numerous Internet sites devoted to the Philippines. The Library of Congress country study of the Philippines is available at Http://lcweb2.loc. gov/frd/cs/phtoc. html. A Web site that offers useful and interesting information about the country may be found at Http://members. aol. com/atinyrock. A daily summary of headline news in the Philippines may be found at Http://www. newsflash. org.
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