Feeding Manila in Peace and War, 1850–1945
Feeding Manila in Peace and War, 1850–1945

Author: Daniel F. Doeppers

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres

Published: 2016-04-11

Total Pages: 467

ISBN-13: 0299305104

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Getting food, water, and services to the millions who live in the world's few dozen megacities is one of the twenty-first century's most formidable challenges. This innovative history traces nearly a century in the life of the megacity of Manila to show how it grew and what sustained it. Focusing on the city's key commodities-rice, produce, fish, fowl, meat, milk, flour, coffee-Daniel F. Doeppers explores their complex interconnections, the changing ecology of the surrounding region, and the social fabric that weaves together farmers, merchants, transporters, storekeepers, and door-to-door vendors.

Feeding Manila in Peace and War, 1850–1945
Feeding Manila in Peace and War, 1850–1945

Author: Daniel F. Doeppers

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press

Published: 2019-07-23

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780299308445

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Getting food, water, and services to the millions who live in the world’s few dozen megacities is one of the twenty-first century’s most formidable challenges. This innovative history traces nearly a century in the life of the megacity of Manila to show how it grew and what sustained it. Focusing on the city’s key commodities—rice, produce, fish, fowl, meat, milk, flour, coffee—Daniel F. Doeppers explores their complex interconnections, the changing ecology of the surrounding region, and the social fabric that weaves together farmers, merchants, transporters, storekeepers, and door-to-door vendors.

Of Beggars and Buddhas
Of Beggars and Buddhas

Author: Katherine A. Bowie

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres

Published: 2017-02-21

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 0299309509

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An exploration of subversive, ribald variations of the most important story in Theravada Buddhism.

Manila Espionage
Manila Espionage

Author: Claire ÒHigh PocketsÓ Phillips

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-10-05

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1387275216

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Manila Espionage is the incredible true account of Claire "High Pockets" Phillips, an American entertainer living in Manila in 1941 who becomes an angel of the underground after her US Army officer husband dies in a Japanese POW prison. Using her popular Tsubuki Club as the resistance's headquarters, High Pockets and her staff charm information from Japanese officers downing spiked drinks and relay the intelligence via guerilla fighters to General MacArthur's staff. During the day, Claire and her girls smuggle contraband in their bras ('high pockets') past bribed Japanese guards paid to look the other way, into imprisoned American POWs - money, food and clothes - saving countless lives.

Manila 1900-1941
Manila 1900-1941

Author: Daniel F. Doeppers

Publisher:

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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Beskrivelse af af de sociale forandringer i Filippinernes hovedstad Manila 1900-1941. Forfatterens speciale er social- og historisk geografi

Dreams of the Hmong Kingdom
Dreams of the Hmong Kingdom

Author: Mai Na M. Lee

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres

Published: 2015-06-16

Total Pages: 431

ISBN-13: 0299298841

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Authoritative and original, Dreams of the Hmong Kingdom is among the first works of its kind, exploring the influence that French colonialism and Hmong leadership had on the Hmong people's political and social aspirations.

European Small States and the Role of Consuls in the Age of Empire
European Small States and the Role of Consuls in the Age of Empire

Author: Aryo Makko

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-12-09

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 900441438X

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In European Small States and the Role of Consuls in the Age of Empire Aryo Makko argues that Sweden and Norway participated in the New Imperialism in the late 18th and early 19th centuries through consular services. Usually portrayed as nations without an imperial past, Makko demonstrates that their role in the processes of imperialism and colonialism during that period can be understood by including consular affairs and practices of informal imperialism into the analysis. With this, he contributes to our understanding of the role of smaller states in the so-called Age of Empire. Aryo Makko, Ph.D. (2012), Stockholm University, is Associate Professor of History at that university and a Pro Futura Scientia Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS). He is also a member of the Young Academy of Sweden.