HISTORY
Agoncillo,
Teodora. THE REVOLT OF THE MASSES: THE STORY OF BONIFACIO
AND THE KATIPUNAN. Quezon City: University of the
Philippines Press, 1956, 2002. 451 p. Includes Notes,
Bibliography, Apendicies and Index
Softcover $30.00 [1 CP.]
The noted historian's classic
history of the Katipunan and Andres Bonifacio.
Alvarez, Santiago. THE
KATIPUNAN & THE REVOLUTION: MEMOIRS OF A
GENERAL (with the original Tagalog text). Translated by Paula Carolina
S. Malay. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1992. 476
p. Index.
Softcover $27.00 [1 CP.]
First published in the 1920's in Sampaguita, the memoirs are a
milestone
in the historiography of modern Southeast Asia. Santiago provides an
authentic voice in recreating an important aspect of Philippine history.
Anderson, Gerald
R. CHILDREN OF THE SUN. Quezon City: Central Book
Supply and Gerald R. Anderson, 2009.
174 p. ; b & w Photographs, Bibliography and Index appended.
Softcover $15.00 [1 CP.]
True
story
of
how
volunteers
saved
Olangapo
City
after
Mt.
Pinatubo
and the
exit of the U.S from the Naval Station.
Anderson, Gerald R.
SUBIC BAY FROM MAGELLAN TO PINATUBO: THE HISTORY OF THE U.S.
NAVAL STATION, SUBIC BAY. 3d ed. n. l.: Gerald R.
Anderson, 2006. 303 p. ; b & w photos, maps.
Softcover $16.00 [1 CP.]
Andrada, Bona Elisa
R. PANAGBENGA, THE BIRTH OF A TRADITION: THE BAGUIO FLOWER
FESTIVAL. Baguio City: John Hay Poro Point Development
Corporation, 1998. [67] p. : illustrated ; b & w
photographs.
Softcover
$18.00 [1 CP.]
Arcilla S. J., Jose S.
AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILIPPINE HISTORY. Quezon
City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1994. 141 p. Bibliography.
Softcover Newsprint
$5.80 [OUT OF STOCK]
Provides an "...overview of how the Philippines grew into a nation and
how it achieved its independence." A very brief introduction to
Philippine history.
Alabado, Corban K.
BATAAN, DEATH MARCH, CAPAS: A TALE OF JAPANESE
CRUELTY & AMERICAN INJUSTICE. San Francisco: Sulu Books, 1995. 119
p.
Softcover $10.95 [OUT OF STOCK]
Covers the infamous Bataan death march, in narrative form, and the
resulting denial of full "...rights and privileges, or benefits..." due
Filipino veterans of the armed services of the U. S.
THE BAGUIO CITY
YEARBOOK. Edited by Chi G. Balmaceda and Jack K. Carino.
Baguio City: Heritage Promotions, 2008 - . 98 p. ; b &
w and color photographs.
Softcover $25.00 [1 CP.
Published
annually;
a
look
at
Baguio's
past,
with
vintage
photographs showing the
City's evolution.
THE BAGUIO WE
KNOW. Edited by Grace Celeste T. Subido. Metro Manila: Anvil,
2009. 127 p. Includes Contributors.
Softcover
$21.50 [2 CPS.]
Features
essays
by
by
17
writers
who
know
Baguio
is
more
than
a
superficial
tourist
destination
and
a
colonial
hill
station
--
it
is " ... a
working
retreat for the creative imagination ..."
Berlin, Donald L.
BEFORE GRINGO: HISTORY OF THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY, 1830 TO 1972. Metro Manila: Anvil,
2009. 155 p. Includes Appendix, Selected Bibliography and a
Biographical Sketch of the Author.
Softcover $15.00 [1 CP.]
From
the
back
cover:
"This
Vintage
book
takes
issue
with
the popular
conception that the military politicization began only under Marcos by
contending that it actually has a longer history ... " The author
lives in Honolulu.
Borrinaga, Rolando
O. THE BALANGIGA CONFLICT REVISITED ; Map ; Quezon City: New Day Publishers,
2003.
198 p. Includes Bibliography.
Softcover $16.00 [1 CP.]
Covers
the
"worst
single
defeat"
inflicted
on
the
U.S.
during
the
Fil-Am
War
of
1898.
The
word,
"conflict," is used rather than "massacre." The
bells controversy is also discussed, but not the retaliation
by Gen. Smith.
THE CEBU WE KNOW.
Edited by Erma M. Cuizon. Metro Manila: Anvil,
2009. 186 p. ; illustrated. Includes Biographical Sketches of the
Contributors.
Softcover 19.00 [1 CP.]
Constantinio, Renato.
THE MAKING OF A FILIPINO: A STORY OF PHILIPPINE
COLONIAL POLITICS. 1991. 342 p. Bibliography. Index.
Softcover Newsprint
$6.90
[OUT OF STOCK]
Presents history--Philippine colonial politics-- as intellectual
biography from the nationalist point of view.
Davies, Ben.
PANGASINAN: A JOURNEY INTO THE PHILIPPINES. Bahamas:
LUNA Publications Ltd., 1997. 120 p. : Color Map & Color
Photographs.
Hardcover $43.75 [1 CP.]
A
lush
look
at
the
Province
of
Pangasinan.
Beautiful photos;
interesting text. For anyone who has lived and loves this
interesting slice of the Philippines.
Diaz, Christine L.
THE OTHER PHILIPPINE HISTORY TEXTBOOK: BOOK 2, THE AMERICAN PERIOD TO
THE PRESENT.
Metro Manila: Anvil, 2009. 204 p. ; illustrated. Includes Glossary and
Bibliography.
Softcover $19.00 [OUT OF
STOCK]
Writes
of
Philippine
history
beyond
textbook
facts
and
figures
THE
DIORAMA
EXPERIENCE
[DVD].
Metro
Manila:
Ayala
Museum.,
2006.
55
minutes.
$15.00
[1 cp.]
A visual journey through the history of the Philippines.
DOCUMENTS ON THE 1898
DECLARATION OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENCENCE, THE MALOLOS CONSTITUTION AND
THE FIRST PHILIPPINE REPLUBLIC/ACTA EL LA PROCLAMACION DE INDEPENDENCIA
EL PUEBLO FILIPINO. Metro Manila: National Historical
Institute, 1997. 68 p. : illustrated. (Centennial
Publication)
Softcover $9.00 [OUT OF STOCK]
Florendo, Nel B.,
Raymuno D. Rovillos and Delfin Tolentino, Jr., Compilers.
FRAGMENTS OF A CITY'S HISTORY. Baguio City:
University of the Philippines Baguio, 2009. 75 p. ; b & w
photographs. Includes Acknowledgements
Softcover $11.00 [2 CPS.]
Published
for
Baguio's
Centennial,
this
collection
attempts
to
provide
a
history
of
the
mile
high
city
through
documentary
(primary)
sources
Goda, Toh.
CORDILLERA: DIVERSITY IN CULTURE CHANGE: SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF
HILL PEOPLE IN NORTHERN LUZON, PHILIPPINES.. Quezon City: New Day,
2001. 153 p.
Softcover $18.00 [1 CP.]
From Back Cover: " ... a comparative study of cultures in
Northern Luxon, namely the Bontok and Ifugao ..."
Hemley, Robin.
INVENTED EDEN: THE ELUSIVE , DISPUTED HISTORY OF THE
TASADAY. Metro
Manila:
Anvil,
2004.
339
p.
;
b
&
w
photographs.
Includes
Notes,
Selected
Bibliography
and
Index.
Softcover $30.00 [1 CP.]
Covers the "middle ground" between the Tasaday skeptics and
Elizalde/PANAMIN.
Joaquin, Nick.
MANILA, MY MANILA. Metro Manila: Bookmark, 1999. 365
p.
Hardcover $35.00 [1 CP.]
Manila
through
the
eyes
and
pen
of
Mr.
Joaquin
Joaquin, Nick. A
QUESTION OF HEROES. Metro Manila: Anvil Publishing,
2005. 237 p.
Softcover
$21.00 [1 CP.]
Originally published in
1977 by the Filipinas Foundation, these critical essays on ten key
figures in Philippine history
-- ranging from
Burgos to Ricarte -- provide
"
...
fresh
insight
into the heroes and their role in the
Philippine revolutionary tradition."
Joaquin, Nick. A
SPANIARD IN AGUINALDO'S ARMY: THE MILITARY JOURNAL OF TELEFORO CARRASCO
Y PEREZ. Mandalyuong, Metro Manila: Solar
Publishing Corporation, 186. 257 p. Newprint.
Softcover $11.00 [OUT
OF
STOCK]
Telsforo Carasco y Perez is an Andalusian who was a Philippine
Revolution veteran and fought under Aguinaldo. This translation of his
diary also includes the original Spanish text.
Lucian, Justin. A
SOLDIER'S LETTER: APRIL 19, 1900, LIPA, BATANGAS,
PHILIPPINES. Manila: De La Salle University Press,
1995. 36 p. Includes References.
Softcover
$9.00 [1 CP.]
Provides interesting details on life in Batangas, based on an American
soldier's letter. It also gives details on how Filipino troops
resisted "pacification."
Mallat, Jean. THE
PHILIPPINES: HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, CUSTOMS,
AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY & COMMERCE OF THE SPANISH COLONIES IN
OCEANIA. Manila: National Historical Institute, 1994. 528 p. Index
& pull out
charts.
Softcover $16.00 [OUT
OF
STOCK]
A translation of the original 1846 French text that gives a
comprehensive account of the colonial historical development of the
Philippines.
THE MANILA WE
KNEW. Edited by Erlinda E. Panlilio; original art by Manuel D.
Baldemor. Metro Manila: Anvil Publishing, 2006. 144
p. ; b & w photographs ; illustrated. Includes Glossary and
Biographical Sketches of the Writers.
Softcover
$14.50 [2 CPS.]
Affectionate
essays
by
14
Manilenos.
McDougal, Charles
C. THE BUDDHA, THE GOLD, & THE MYTH. San
Francisco: San Francisco Publishers, 1997. 263 p.
Includes Notes, Select Bibliography and Index.
Softcover
$25.00 [2 CPS.]
Purports to show how Marcos looted the Central Bank and provides
details on the
search for Yamashita's treasure.
Meyers, Ralph "Gene".
MABUHAY: SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY, A WORLD WAR II
EXPERIENCE. 1989.
Softcover $8.00 [1 CP.]
This is a book about
patriotism, Americana, history and a story that
typifies millions of American servicemen in World War II.
MINUTES OF THE
KATIPUNAN. English Ed. Manila: National Historical
Institute, 1964, 1996. 247 p. (Commemorative Publication on
the Centenary of the Philippine Revolution 1896-1996). Includes
Appendices.
Hardcover $12.00 [OUT OF STOCK]
Peralta, Jesus T.
and Lucila A. Salazar. PRE-SPANISH MANILA: A RECONSTRUCTION
OF THE PRE-HISTORY OF MANILA. Metro Manila: National
Historical Institute, 1974, 1993. 85 p. ; illustrated.
Includes Index.
Softcover $10.00 [1 CP.]
Attempts
to
reconstruct
the
development
of
the
City
of
Manila
as a place of
habitation and a community of men.
Rafael, Vicente L.
WHITE LOVE AND OTHER EVENTS IN FILIPINO HISTORY. Quezon
City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2000 ; illustrated
Softcover $21.50 [1 CP.]
A " ... wide-ranging cultural
and political history of Filipinos and the Philippines ... from the
onset of U.S. colonialism in 1898 to the emergence of the Filipino
diaspora in the 1990s ..." 286 p. Includes Notes, Bibliography
and Index.
Scott, William Henry.
BARANGAY: SIXTEENTH-CENTURY PHILIPPINE CULTURE &
SOCIETY. Quezon City: Ateneo University Press, 1994. 306 p.
Bibliography & Index.
Softcover $27.00 [OUT
OF
STOCK]
"This book presents a sixteenth-century Philippine ethnography based on
contemporaneous sources."--from the introduction.
Scott, William Henry.
CRACKS IN THE PARCHMENT CURTAIN AND OTHER ESSAYS
IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY. Quezon City: New Day Publishers, 1982.
312p. Includes Index.
Softcover. $15.00 [OUT OF STOCK; OP?]
Seventeen essays that give the reader a glimpse of unknown facts of
Filipino life glinting through the shadows of three centuries of
Spanish
rule and a turn of the century struggle against foreign aggression.
Scott, William
Henry. THE DISCOVERY OF THE IGOROTS. Revised ed. Quezon
City: New Day, 1974, 1988. 370 p. Includes
Bibliography and Index.
Softcover $30.00 [1 CP.]
Scott's
classic
on
Spanish
interaction
with
the
Igorots
Scott, William Henry.
ILOCANO RESPONSES AMERICAN AGGRESSION 1900-1901. Quezon City: New Day,
1988. 253 p. Softcover $19.00 [2 CPS.]
From back cover: " ... rescues from almost total oblivion the
dramatic story of the Ilocano struggle to defend the Philippine
Republic against foreign invasion during the Fil-Am War in 1900-1901
..."
Scott, William Henry.
PREHISTORIC SOURCE MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF PHILIPPINE HISTORY.
Revised ed. Quezon City: New Day, 1984, 2000. Includes
Notes, Bibliography and Index.
Softcover $20.00 [OUT OF STOCK]
Salonga, Jovito R. THE
SENATE THAT SAID NO. Quezon City: University
of Philippines Press, 1995. 383 p.
Hardcover $25.00
[1 CP.]
A four year record of the first post-EDSA Senate in the Philippines.
The author reveals the complexities and ramifications of
decision-making
in the legislative, the executive, and to some extent, the judicial
branches of government.
Sison, Jose Maria with
Rainier Werning. THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION: THE LEADER'S
VIEW. New York: Crane Russak, 1989. xxix, 241 p. :
illustrated, maps, portraits
Softcover
$17.00 [1 CP.]
The
most
prominent
leader
of
the
Philippine Left describes Philippine
history and the political, social and economic crises facing Philippine
society, in an interview with Dr. Werning.
Winter, William. VOICE
FROM AMERICA, A BROADCASTERS DIARY 1941-1944. Metro Manila: Anvil,
1994. 221 p.
Softcover $20.00 [OUT OF STOCK]
A legend in the Philippines, Mr. Winter's shortwave commentaries from
San Francisco were heard by Filipinos every day during the Japanese
occupation. This is the diary of the man behind that voice. During the
war, Radio Tokyo singled him out as its number one propaganda target
because of the effectiveness of his commentaries to people in the
Philippines and other occupied areas.
Woods, Shelton. A
BROKEN MIRROR: PROTESTANT FUNDAMENTALISM IN THE
PHILIPPINES. Quezon City: New Day, 2002.
Softcover $22.00 [2 CPS.]
Yabes, Criselda. BOYS
FROM THE BARRACKS. Metro Manila: Anvil, 1991. 256 p. B & W photos.
Softcover $10.50 [OUT OF STOCK]
"The retelling of the Philippine military after EDSA. A riveting
account of contemporary Philippine military history with an ending that
has yet to unfold. The author lifts the veil on some of the untold
stories behind the coup attempts and deftly unfurls the mind sets and
personalities of the men who have attempted to seize power."
Last updated on September 3, 2010 by Thomas Churma