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State and Finance in the Philippines, 1898-1941: The Mismanagement of an American Colony
Yoshiko Nagano
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Description for State and Finance in the Philippines, 1898-1941: The Mismanagement of an American Colony
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 525.
During the First World War, ill-advised steps by colonial officials in the Philippines who were responsible for the colony's finances created a crisis which lasted from 1919 until 1922. The circumstances shook the foundations of the American colonial state and contributed to Manuel L. Quezon's successful effort to replace Sergio Osmea as leader of the politically dominant Nacionalista Party. These events have generally been blamed on a corruption scandal at the Philippine National Bank, which had been established in 1916 as a multi-purpose, semi-governmental agency whose purpose was to provide loans for the agricultural export industry, to do business as ... Read more
During the First World War, ill-advised steps by colonial officials in the Philippines who were responsible for the colony's finances created a crisis which lasted from 1919 until 1922. The circumstances shook the foundations of the American colonial state and contributed to Manuel L. Quezon's successful effort to replace Sergio Osmea as leader of the politically dominant Nacionalista Party. These events have generally been blamed on a corruption scandal at the Philippine National Bank, which had been established in 1916 as a multi-purpose, semi-governmental agency whose purpose was to provide loans for the agricultural export industry, to do business as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
NUS Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789971698416
SKU
V9789971698416
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About Yoshiko Nagano
Yoshiko Nagano is Professor of International Relations and Asian Studies at Kanagawa University in Yokohama, Japan.
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