After the Galleons: Foreign Trade, Economic Change and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines by Benito J. Legarda Jr.

Winner, 2000 Gintong Aklat Award, for Social Science." Tracks the progress of Philippine foreign trade in the nineteenth century from the end of the galleon trade to the Philippine Revolution. Describes the great increase in the value of domestic exports with their progressive concentration in abaca and sugar, and the concentration of imports on textiles. Identifies the major trading partners (Britain, the U.S., China) and notes the minor part played by Spain. Shows how, unlike elsewhere in Southeast Asia, the driving forces behind the increase in trade and output were not government pressure or the plantation system, but incentives deriving from entrepreneurship and capital imports working through a system of flexible prices and exchange rates." - Excerpts from the publisher's website.

About the Author
BENITO J. LEGARDA JR. was born in Manila and made his career at the Central Bank of the Philippines, rising to the rank of deputy governor for economic research. He was consultant to the ECAFE in Bangkok and later served on the board of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC, where he also served as consultant to the World Bank and economic counselor to the Philippine Embassy. Since retiring from government service he has written After the Galleons (1999, winner, Gintong Aklat Award); The Hills of Sampaloc (2001, finalist, National Book Award for history); Occupation ‘42 (2003, winner, National Book Award for history); Occupation: The Later Years (2007); and the booklet Eight Rizalian Miniatures (2012). His writings also include over sixty articles and papers about economics, finance, history, numismatics, cartography, and Philippine colonial art, along with a regular column in the Philippines Free Press. He has delivered and written scholarly papers in Spanish in Mexico, Barcelona, and San Sebastian. He was a trustee of the National Museum (1999–2001) and a board member of the National Historical Institute (2003–2010). He has served in various civic clubs and learned societies, and has been president of the Philippine Economic Society and a founding member of the Philippine Statistical Association
A Philippine import. Limited copies available.

Item Weight : 1.25 pounds
Paperback : 416 pages
ISBN-10 : 188126128-X
ISBN-13 : 978-18-8-126128-5
Product Dimensions : 5.75 x 1 x 8.75 inches
Publisher : Center for Southeast Asian Studies (1999), Ateneo de Manila University Press (2002)
Language: : English

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