The Americanization of Manila, 1898-1921
Author: Cristina Evangelista Torres
Publisher: UP Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9715426131
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRevision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of the Philippines.
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Manila Noir
Author: Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn
Publisher: Akashic Books
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 161775160X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKManila is not for the faint of heart. Population: over ten million and growing by the minute. Climate: hot, humid and prone to torrential monsoon rains of biblical proportions. The ultimate femme fatale, she's complicated and mysterious, with a tainted, painful past. The perfect, torrid setting for noir. Edited by Dogeaters (Penguin, 1991) author and National Book Award Nominee Jessica Hagedorn, and featuring original stories from a stunning group of multi-award-winning authors.
Ghosts of Manila
Author: Mark Kram
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2009-06-03
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 0061956686
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Muhammad Ali met Joe Frazier in Manila for their third fight, their rivalry had spun out of control. The Ali-Frazier matchup had become a madness, inflamed by the media and the politics of race. When the "Thrilla in Manila" was over, one man was left with a ruin of a life; the other was battered to his soul. Mark Kram covered that fight for Sports Illustrated in an award-winning article. Now his riveting book reappraises the boxers -- who they are and who they were. And in a voice as powerful as a heavyweight punch, Kram explodes the myths surrounding each fighter, particularly Ali. A controversial, no-holds-barred account, Ghosts of Manila ranks with the finest boxing books ever written.
Citiatlas Metro Manila
Author: Asiatype, Incorporated
Publisher: Asiatype, Inc.
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9719171952
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSundays in Manila
Author: Robert H. Boyer
Publisher: UP Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9715426301
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBob Boyer offers affectionate-often intimate-portraits of Filipino life and culture, formed over many visits. He sharpens the picture with factual detail. Whether he's riding a jeepney, sipping iced tea at the Chocolate Kiss, exploring the mysteries of Quiapo, or marching up Bataan and Corregidor. The Philippines is blessed by a number of historic sites as well as those associated with the American period and World War II. Professor Boyer serves both as a personal historian and a guide as he brings historic events to life. The book serves as an excellent reference for persons interested in Philippine history as well as for those who plan to visit the country.
Escape to Manila
Author: Frank Ephraim
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2010-10-01
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 0252091116
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA harrowing account of Jewish refugees in the Philippines With the rise of Nazism in the 1930s more than a thousand European Jews sought refuge in the Philippines, joining the small Jewish population of Manila. When the Japanese invaded the islands in 1941, the peaceful existence of the barely settled Jews filled with the kinds of uncertainties and oppression they thought they had left behind. In this book Frank Ephraim, who fled to Manila with his parents, gathers the testimonies of thirty-six refugees, who describe the difficult journey to Manila, the lives they built there upon their arrival, and the events surrounding the Japanese invasion. Combining these accounts with historical and archival records, Manila newspapers, and U.S. government documents, Ephraim constructs a detailed account of this little-known chapter of world history.
Imagining Manila
Author: Tom Sykes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2021-04-08
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 0755602870
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe city of Manila is uniquely significant to Philippine, Southeast Asian and world history. It played a key role in the rise of Western colonial mercantilism in Asia, the extinction of the Spanish Empire and the ascendancy of the USA to global imperial hegemony, amongst other events. This book examines British and American writing on the city, situating these representations within scholarship on empire, orientalism and US, Asian and European political history. Through analysis of novels, memoirs, travelogues and journalism written about Manila by Westerners since the early eighteenth century, Tom Sykes builds a picture of Western attitudes towards the city and the wider Philippines, and the mechanics by which these came to dominate the discourse. This study uncovers to what extent Western literary tropes and representational models have informed understandings of the Philippines, in the West and elsewhere, and the types of counter-narrative which have emerged in the Philippines in response to them.
Importation of Sisal and Manila Hemp
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
Publisher:
Published: 1916
Total Pages: 950
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKImportation of Sisal and Manila Hemp
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Subcommittee to Investigate the Introduction of Sisal and Manila Hemp and the Production of Binding Twine
Publisher:
Published: 1916
Total Pages: 942
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Better Metro Manila?
Author: Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2023-02-28
Total Pages: 555
ISBN-13: 9811978042
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book contributes to efforts in furthering the democratization and development processes in the Philippines by examining the decentralization efforts in Metro Manila. It explores existing as well as proposed development models for governance with focus on the effective and efficient delivery of social services, bringing forth growth with equity through development efforts, and addressing national-local concerns to promote political and socio-economic stability in the country. In doing so, the book examines the strong and weak governance points in the National Capital Region of the Philippines, and identifies areas for reform.
