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Philippines and Asia: A Bibliography on Philippine Foreign Policy and Foreign Relations
Author: Gloria Fernandez, Rosita Perez, Sandra Repulda, and Normita G. Recto
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1974
A Cold War Alliance: Philippine-South Korean Relations, 1948–1971
Author: Lily Ann Polo
Price: PhP 100 | Availability: In Stock
Year of Publication: 1984
TABLE OF CONTENTS • PREFACE and FOREWORD • INTRODUCTION
The work covers "the initial establishment of relations between the Philippines and the South Korean Republic in 1948, to the period f a trend towards the multi-polarization in the East Asian region in the 1970s."
Development Diplomacy: Foreign Policy and Technology Transfer
Author: Elisa Tible-Caoyonan
Price: PhP 100 | Availability: In Stock
Year of Publication: 1994
VIEW TABLE OF CONTENTS • INTRODUCTION
This book determines "how technology transfer as an activity of development diplomacy can help promote development. It is based on the premise that foreign policy in general, or development diplomacy, in particular, affects the economy."
Philippine-Iran Relations: 50 Years and Beyond
Author: Henelito Sevilla, Jr., Ph.D. (Editor)
Price: Free (Online) | Availability: Online and Free
Year of Publication: 2017
TABLE OF CONTENTS • DOWNLOAD FREE
The book reflects on the diplomatic history, academic exchanges, and the cultural, political and developmental linkages between Iran and the Philippines.
The Philippines and South Korea: Strengthening the Partnership
Editor: Lily Ann Polo
Price: PhP 150 | Availability: In Stock
Year of Publication: 1998
TABLE OF CONTENTS • EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION
This book features the works of "Korean and Filipino scholars, government officials, representatives of government and private agencies and corporations concerned with contemporary Korean affairs and Philippine-South Korean relations."
Turning the Page: Challenges for Divided Nations
Editor: Lily Ann Polo
Price: PhP 100 • Availability: In stock
Year of Publication: 2004
TABLE OF CONTENTS • INTRODUCTION
This book takes "analyz[es] the parallel initiatives..by the governments and civil societies in the Philippines and South Korea to promote tolerance and understanding in the wake of threats to national stability in both Republics."
U.S. Military Bases in the Philippines: An Annotated Bibliography, 1947–1988
Compiled by: Elizabeth T. Urgel and Mamerta Q. Caguimbal
Price: PhP 100 | Availability: In Stock
Year of Publication: 1990
VIEW TABLE OF CONTENTS • READ INTRODUCTION
This book is a part of a series of annotated bibliographies on various topics of academic interest and national issues of current concern meant to be used by the public, government officials, policy planners and researchers
The West Philippine Sea: The Territorial and Maritime Jurisdiction Disputes from a Filipino Perspective
Authors: Aileen S.P. Baviera and Jay Batongbacal
Price: Free Online • Year of Publication: 2013
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The issues..."are framed from a Filipino perspective that focuses on information.. considered to be most important and of interest to citizens of this country, rather than information that may be highlighted by...foreign authors, organizations or governments. The contents are not intended as advocacy of any particular position or policy.
Philippines and Asia: A Bibliography on Philippine Foreign Policy and Foreign Relations
Author: Gloria Fernandez, Rosita Perez, Sandra Repulda, and Normita G. Recto
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1974
A Cold War Alliance: Philippine-South Korean Relations, 1948–1971
Author: Lily Ann Polo
Price: PhP 100 | Availability: In Stock
Year of Publication: 1984
TABLE OF CONTENTS • PREFACE and FOREWORD • INTRODUCTION
The work covers "the initial establishment of relations between the Philippines and the South Korean Republic in 1948, to the period f a trend towards the multi-polarization in the East Asian region in the 1970s."
Development Diplomacy: Foreign Policy and Technology Transfer
Author: Elisa Tible-Caoyonan
Price: PhP 100 | Availability: In Stock
Year of Publication: 1994
VIEW TABLE OF CONTENTS • INTRODUCTION
This book determines "how technology transfer as an activity of development diplomacy can help promote development. It is based on the premise that foreign policy in general, or development diplomacy, in particular, affects the economy."
Philippine-Iran Relations: 50 Years and Beyond
Author: Henelito Sevilla, Jr., Ph.D. (Editor)
Price: Free (Online) | Availability: Online and Free
Year of Publication: 2017
TABLE OF CONTENTS • DOWNLOAD FREE
The book reflects on the diplomatic history, academic exchanges, and the cultural, political and developmental linkages between Iran and the Philippines.
The Philippines and South Korea: Strengthening the Partnership
Editor: Lily Ann Polo
Price: PhP 150 | Availability: In Stock
Year of Publication: 1998
TABLE OF CONTENTS • EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION
This book features the works of "Korean and Filipino scholars, government officials, representatives of government and private agencies and corporations concerned with contemporary Korean affairs and Philippine-South Korean relations."
Turning the Page: Challenges for Divided Nations
Editor: Lily Ann Polo
Price: PhP 100 • Availability: In stock
Year of Publication: 2004
TABLE OF CONTENTS • INTRODUCTION
This book takes "analyz[es] the parallel initiatives..by the governments and civil societies in the Philippines and South Korea to promote tolerance and understanding in the wake of threats to national stability in both Republics."
U.S. Military Bases in the Philippines: An Annotated Bibliography, 1947–1988
Compiled by: Elizabeth T. Urgel and Mamerta Q. Caguimbal
Price: PhP 100 | Availability: In Stock
Year of Publication: 1990
VIEW TABLE OF CONTENTS • READ INTRODUCTION
This book is a part of a series of annotated bibliographies on various topics of academic interest and national issues of current concern meant to be used by the public, government officials, policy planners and researchers
The West Philippine Sea: The Territorial and Maritime Jurisdiction Disputes from a Filipino Perspective
Authors: Aileen S.P. Baviera and Jay Batongbacal
Price: Free Online • Year of Publication: 2013
DOWNLOAD FREE
The issues..."are framed from a Filipino perspective that focuses on information.. considered to be most important and of interest to citizens of this country, rather than information that may be highlighted by...foreign authors, organizations or governments. The contents are not intended as advocacy of any particular position or policy.
Sales have been suspended until further notice. Inquiries, however, will be entertained via email
Alab: Mga Tula
Author: Ed Maranan
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1983
Badjaw: A Field Report
Author: Jose B. Sabalvaro and Mashur Bin-Ghalib Jundam
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1978
TABLE OF CONTENTS • INTRODUCTION
This report is one attempt aimed at showing a general description of the various aspects of Badjaw life based on the field research conducted by PCAS Museum researchers in the different areas of Sulu in 1976.
The Chinese in the Philippines during the Japanese Occupation, 1942–1945
Author: Antonio Tan
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1981
Diego Silang and the Origins of Philippine Nationalism
Author: David Routledge
Price: PhP 500 • Availability: In Stock
Year of Publication: 1979
PREFACE AND FOREWORD
"..Dr. Routledge...discusses...the Diego Silang rebellion within the context of the social, economic, and political conditions in the Ilocos region during the eighteenth century, and from the standpoint of today's theories regarding agrarian uprisings..."
Filipino Muslims: Their Social Institutions and Cultural Achievements
Author: F. Landa Jocano
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1983
TABLE OF CONTENTS • INTRODUCTION
The papers in this volume were delivered as lectures at a special seminar held at the Asian Center, University of the Philippines, from July to September 1981
From Ayodhya to Pulo Agama-Niog: Rama's Journey to the Philippines
Author: Juan R. Francisco
Price: PhP 300 • Availability: In stock
Year of Publication: 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS • PREFACE AND FOREWORD
This book "traces the journey of the Ramayana from India to the Philippines and other parts of Southeast Asia. [It] brings out how the story... changed as the epic journeyed beyond India under the influence of the local cultural ethos in different countries."
The Hiligaynons: An Ethnography of Family and Community Life in Western Bisayas Region
Author: F. Landa Jocano
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1983
TABLE OF CONTENTS • FOREWORD and PREFACE
"The series is designed to highlight, holistically, the basic features of the commonly shared patterns of culture and institutions among the different groups that constitute Philippine society."
Maguindanaon
Author: Sahid S. Glang and Manuel M. Convocar
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1978
The Ilocanos: An Ethnography of Family and Community Life in the Ilocos Region
Author: F. Landa Jocano
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1982
TABLE OF CONTENTS • FOREWORD AND PREFACE
This volume is one of a series of ethnographic reports on the traditional culture and social organization of the different lowland Philippine ethnic groups.
Innovative Development Processes in the Philippines: Case Studies
Editor: Serafin D. Talisayon
Price: PhP 150 | Availability: In Stock
Year of Publication: 1991
TABLE OF CONTENTS • INTRODUCTION
This book provides"valuable ideas, insights, and perspectives on how to create a conciliatory atmosphere in dealing with problems present in work settings."
Mandate in Moroland: The American Government of Muslim Filipinos, 1899-1920
Author: Peter Gowing
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1977
TABLE OF CONTENTS • FOREWORD and PREFACE
"It deals with the period of American governance.... from the initial establishment of the US. Military government up to the abolition of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu which was administered by an American civil governor."
Maranao
Author: Paladan Badron and Manuel M. Convocar
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1978
Pamamaraan: Indigenous Knowledge and Evolving Research Paradigms
Editors: Teresita B. Obusan and Angelina R. Enriquez
Price: To be determined • Availability: Stocks_Unkown
Year of Publication: 1994
FOREWORD
"...The Filipino mananaliksik...relates to one's kapwa...as a kapwa-Filipino from whom one can understand the katutubong kaalaman ng ating bayan."
Pinatubo Negritos: Revisited
Author: Calixto L. Barrato, Jr. and Marvyn N. Benaning
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1978
Philippine Society and Culture: Its Origins and Development
Author: No Author
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1972
Philippine Evangelical Protestant and Independent Catholic Churches: An Historical Bibliography of Church Records, Publications, and Source Material Located in the Greater Manila Area
Compiled by: Robert R. Von Oeyen, Jr.
Price: PhP 100 | Availability: In Stock
Year of Publication: 1970
TABLE OF CONTENTS • INTRODUCTION
This book is "a bibliography of church records, publications, and other source materials relevant to the history and founding of the Philippine Evangelical Protestant and Independent Catholic Churches."
Philippine Prehistory: An Anthropological Overview of the Beginnings of Filipino Society and Culture
Author: F. Landa Jocano
Availability: Out of Print
Year of Publication: 1975
TABLE OF CONTENTS • PREFACE (1.7 MB) • INTRODUCTION (3.8 MB)
"....It is in fact a pioneering attempt to bring together scattered facts about the prehistory of the Philippines, and project them against a new framework of analysis."
The Politics of Marawi
Author: Teresita V. Benitez
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1969
TABLE OF CONTENTS • INTRODUCTION
"The aim of this study is two-fold. First, to investigate the nature and operation of politics in the city and second, to examine its political structure and to understand how power is exercised."
The Re-Making of Filipino Foreign Policy
Author: Benjamin Domingo
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS • INTRODUCTION
"Filipino Foreign Policy had undergone a major change from the neocolonial years following the Second World War and ultimately gain a Filipino foreign policy that was “Filipino, free and far-seeing.”
Sama: A Field Report
Author: Mashur Bin-Ghalib Jundam
Price: To be determined • Availability: Stocks_Unkown
Year of Publication: 1983
FOREWORD
"This preliminary field report on the Sama....intends to fill the information gap occuring between the Sama and the non-Sama Filipinos."
Space and Identity: Expressions in Culture, Arts and Society of the Muslims in the Philippines
Author: Abraham P. Sakili
Price: PhP 700 | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 2003
TABLE OF CONTENTS
This book "uses the concept and management of space in the culture of the Muslims of Mindanao as a point of reference of their visual arts, architecture, and culture as a whole."
Sugbuanon Theatre from Sotto to Rodriguez and Kabahar: An Introduction to Pre-War Sugbuanon Drama
Author: Wilhelmina Ramas
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1982
TABLE OF CONTENTS • FOREWORD
"This work concerns itself with the vernacular theatre from 1902 to 1941—the period of the first shining of the Sugbuanon stage."
Tausug : A Field Report
Author: Mashur Bin-Ghalib Jundam and Jose B. Sabalvaro.
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1978
Tinguian: A Field Report
Author: Joseph R. Fortin and Leon Rico, Jr., and edited by Marvyn N. Benaning
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1978
TABLE OF CONTENTS • INTRODUCTION
Much of the materials used in this Field Report comes from direct contact in 1976 with hundreds of Tinguian who continue to inhabit the hinterlands of Abra.
Towards a Two-Tier Model of the Development Planning System
Author: Candido Filio
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1985
Yakan: A Field Report
Author: Mashur Bin-Ghalib Jundam
Price: To be determined • Availability: Stocks_Unkown
Year of Publication: 1983
FOREWORD
"This Field Report is the result of firsthand research among the Yakan of Basilan in Southern Philippines."
Alab: Mga Tula
Author: Ed Maranan
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1983
Badjaw: A Field Report
Author: Jose B. Sabalvaro and Mashur Bin-Ghalib Jundam
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1978
TABLE OF CONTENTS • INTRODUCTION
This report is one attempt aimed at showing a general description of the various aspects of Badjaw life based on the field research conducted by PCAS Museum researchers in the different areas of Sulu in 1976.
The Chinese in the Philippines during the Japanese Occupation, 1942–1945
Author: Antonio Tan
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1981
Diego Silang and the Origins of Philippine Nationalism
Author: David Routledge
Price: PhP 500 • Availability: In Stock
Year of Publication: 1979
PREFACE AND FOREWORD
"..Dr. Routledge...discusses...the Diego Silang rebellion within the context of the social, economic, and political conditions in the Ilocos region during the eighteenth century, and from the standpoint of today's theories regarding agrarian uprisings..."
Filipino Muslims: Their Social Institutions and Cultural Achievements
Author: F. Landa Jocano
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1983
TABLE OF CONTENTS • INTRODUCTION
The papers in this volume were delivered as lectures at a special seminar held at the Asian Center, University of the Philippines, from July to September 1981
From Ayodhya to Pulo Agama-Niog: Rama's Journey to the Philippines
Author: Juan R. Francisco
Price: PhP 300 • Availability: In stock
Year of Publication: 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS • PREFACE AND FOREWORD
This book "traces the journey of the Ramayana from India to the Philippines and other parts of Southeast Asia. [It] brings out how the story... changed as the epic journeyed beyond India under the influence of the local cultural ethos in different countries."
The Hiligaynons: An Ethnography of Family and Community Life in Western Bisayas Region
Author: F. Landa Jocano
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1983
TABLE OF CONTENTS • FOREWORD and PREFACE
"The series is designed to highlight, holistically, the basic features of the commonly shared patterns of culture and institutions among the different groups that constitute Philippine society."
Maguindanaon
Author: Sahid S. Glang and Manuel M. Convocar
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1978
The Ilocanos: An Ethnography of Family and Community Life in the Ilocos Region
Author: F. Landa Jocano
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1982
TABLE OF CONTENTS • FOREWORD AND PREFACE
This volume is one of a series of ethnographic reports on the traditional culture and social organization of the different lowland Philippine ethnic groups.
Innovative Development Processes in the Philippines: Case Studies
Editor: Serafin D. Talisayon
Price: PhP 150 | Availability: In Stock
Year of Publication: 1991
TABLE OF CONTENTS • INTRODUCTION
This book provides"valuable ideas, insights, and perspectives on how to create a conciliatory atmosphere in dealing with problems present in work settings."
Mandate in Moroland: The American Government of Muslim Filipinos, 1899-1920
Author: Peter Gowing
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1977
TABLE OF CONTENTS • FOREWORD and PREFACE
"It deals with the period of American governance.... from the initial establishment of the US. Military government up to the abolition of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu which was administered by an American civil governor."
Maranao
Author: Paladan Badron and Manuel M. Convocar
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1978
Pamamaraan: Indigenous Knowledge and Evolving Research Paradigms
Editors: Teresita B. Obusan and Angelina R. Enriquez
Price: To be determined • Availability: Stocks_Unkown
Year of Publication: 1994
FOREWORD
"...The Filipino mananaliksik...relates to one's kapwa...as a kapwa-Filipino from whom one can understand the katutubong kaalaman ng ating bayan."
Pinatubo Negritos: Revisited
Author: Calixto L. Barrato, Jr. and Marvyn N. Benaning
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1978
Philippine Society and Culture: Its Origins and Development
Author: No Author
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1972
Philippine Evangelical Protestant and Independent Catholic Churches: An Historical Bibliography of Church Records, Publications, and Source Material Located in the Greater Manila Area
Compiled by: Robert R. Von Oeyen, Jr.
Price: PhP 100 | Availability: In Stock
Year of Publication: 1970
TABLE OF CONTENTS • INTRODUCTION
This book is "a bibliography of church records, publications, and other source materials relevant to the history and founding of the Philippine Evangelical Protestant and Independent Catholic Churches."
Philippine Prehistory: An Anthropological Overview of the Beginnings of Filipino Society and Culture
Author: F. Landa Jocano
Availability: Out of Print
Year of Publication: 1975
TABLE OF CONTENTS • PREFACE (1.7 MB) • INTRODUCTION (3.8 MB)
"....It is in fact a pioneering attempt to bring together scattered facts about the prehistory of the Philippines, and project them against a new framework of analysis."
The Politics of Marawi
Author: Teresita V. Benitez
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1969
TABLE OF CONTENTS • INTRODUCTION
"The aim of this study is two-fold. First, to investigate the nature and operation of politics in the city and second, to examine its political structure and to understand how power is exercised."
The Re-Making of Filipino Foreign Policy
Author: Benjamin Domingo
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS • INTRODUCTION
"Filipino Foreign Policy had undergone a major change from the neocolonial years following the Second World War and ultimately gain a Filipino foreign policy that was “Filipino, free and far-seeing.”
Sama: A Field Report
Author: Mashur Bin-Ghalib Jundam
Price: To be determined • Availability: Stocks_Unkown
Year of Publication: 1983
FOREWORD
"This preliminary field report on the Sama....intends to fill the information gap occuring between the Sama and the non-Sama Filipinos."
Space and Identity: Expressions in Culture, Arts and Society of the Muslims in the Philippines
Author: Abraham P. Sakili
Price: PhP 700 | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 2003
TABLE OF CONTENTS
This book "uses the concept and management of space in the culture of the Muslims of Mindanao as a point of reference of their visual arts, architecture, and culture as a whole."
Sugbuanon Theatre from Sotto to Rodriguez and Kabahar: An Introduction to Pre-War Sugbuanon Drama
Author: Wilhelmina Ramas
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1982
TABLE OF CONTENTS • FOREWORD
"This work concerns itself with the vernacular theatre from 1902 to 1941—the period of the first shining of the Sugbuanon stage."
Tausug : A Field Report
Author: Mashur Bin-Ghalib Jundam and Jose B. Sabalvaro.
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1978
Tinguian: A Field Report
Author: Joseph R. Fortin and Leon Rico, Jr., and edited by Marvyn N. Benaning
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1978
TABLE OF CONTENTS • INTRODUCTION
Much of the materials used in this Field Report comes from direct contact in 1976 with hundreds of Tinguian who continue to inhabit the hinterlands of Abra.
Towards a Two-Tier Model of the Development Planning System
Author: Candido Filio
Price: N/A | Availability: Out of Stock
Year of Publication: 1985
Yakan: A Field Report
Author: Mashur Bin-Ghalib Jundam
Price: To be determined • Availability: Stocks_Unkown
Year of Publication: 1983
FOREWORD
"This Field Report is the result of firsthand research among the Yakan of Basilan in Southern Philippines."