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Frontier Constitutions: Christianity and Colonial Empire in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines
John D. Blanco
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Hardback. A study of the cultural transformations arrived at by Spanish colonists, native-born creoles, mestizos (Chinese and Spanish), and indigenous colonial subjects in the Philippines during the crisis of colonial hegemony in the nineteenth century and the social anomie that resulted from this crisis in law and politics. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 390 pages, 8 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMP; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 678.
"Frontier Constitutions" is a pathbreaking study of the cultural transformations arrived at by Spanish colonists, native-born creoles, mestizos (Chinese and Spanish), and indigenous colonial subjects in the Philippines during the crisis of colonial hegemony in the nineteenth century and the social anomie that resulted from this crisis in law and politics. John D. Blanco argues that modernity in the colonial Philippines should not be understood as an imperfect version of a European model but as a unique set of expressions emerging out of contradictions - expressions that sanctioned new political communities formed around the precariousness of Spanish rule. Blanco shows ... Read more
"Frontier Constitutions" is a pathbreaking study of the cultural transformations arrived at by Spanish colonists, native-born creoles, mestizos (Chinese and Spanish), and indigenous colonial subjects in the Philippines during the crisis of colonial hegemony in the nineteenth century and the social anomie that resulted from this crisis in law and politics. John D. Blanco argues that modernity in the colonial Philippines should not be understood as an imperfect version of a European model but as a unique set of expressions emerging out of contradictions - expressions that sanctioned new political communities formed around the precariousness of Spanish rule. Blanco shows ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
Series
Asia Pacific Modern
Number of Pages
390
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520255197
SKU
V9780520255197
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About John D. Blanco
John D. Blanco is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at University of California, San Diego.
Reviews for Frontier Constitutions: Christianity and Colonial Empire in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines
"Blanco keenly addresses the challenges and contradictions presented by Spanish colonialism in the age of enlightenment, modernity, and the birth of liberalism." Philippine Studies "Useful resource."
Richard Fox Young Journal Of Ecclesiastical History "[A] delightful reading that brings hope for tying Filipino history and world history into greater affinity."
James B. Tueller World History Connected
Richard Fox Young Journal Of Ecclesiastical History "[A] delightful reading that brings hope for tying Filipino history and world history into greater affinity."
James B. Tueller World History Connected