The White Apos: American Governors On The Cordillera Central by Frank Lawrence Jenista
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Excerpt from the Preface:"...The purpose of this study is to examine the Philippine experience, the fascinating but hitherto untold story of the interaction between the American colonial authorities and the independent headhunting, terrace-building people of Luzon's Gran Cordillera Central.... It focuses primarily on the province of Ifugao, for the American presence there was longest and best remembered. Despite the great cultural differences between the turn-of-the-century Ifugaos and Americans, the oral accounts which make up this story portray for us an intriguing relationship- a mutually satisfactory symbiosis die large measure to an unexpected congruence of important cultural values..."
Publisher : New Day Publishers
Publication date : January 1, 1987
Language : English
Print length : 321 pages
ISBN-10 : 971100318X
ISBN-13 : 978-9711003180
Item Weight : 14.4 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
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