Clash of Spirits: The History of Power and Sugar Planter Hegemony on a Visayan Island 9780824861919
This text illuminates the oral traditions of the Philippines and the convergence of capitalism and the indigenous spirit
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English Pages 328 Year 1998
Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part I. Colonial Enchantments, Indigenous Contests
1. A Clash of Spirits
2. Cockfights and Engkantos
3. Elusive Peasant, Weak State
Part II. The World of Negros Sugar after 1855
4. The Formation of a Landed Hacendero Class in Negros
5. “Capitalists Begging for Laborers”
6. Toward Mestizo Power
7. The American Colonial State
Abbreviations
Notes
References
Index
About the Author
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part I. Colonial Enchantments, Indigenous Contests
1. A Clash of Spirits
2. Cockfights and Engkantos
3. Elusive Peasant, Weak State
Part II. The World of Negros Sugar after 1855
4. The Formation of a Landed Hacendero Class in Negros
5. “Capitalists Begging for Laborers”
6. Toward Mestizo Power
7. The American Colonial State
Abbreviations
Notes
References
Index
About the Author
- Author / Uploaded
- Filomeno V. Aguilar
