The Philippine Islands

About this eBook

Author

Foreman, John, F.R.G.S.

Title

The Philippine Islands A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago, Embracing the Whole Period of Spanish Rule

Credits

Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Philippines

Category

Text

eBook-No.

22815

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22815

Release Date

September 30, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Philippine Islands — A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago — Embracing the Whole Period of Spanish Rule — With an Account of the Succeeding American Insular Government
2. 2.Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged with Maps and Illustrations London: T. Fisher Unwin 1, Adelphi Terrace. MCMVI
3. 3.Table of Contents
4. 4.Preface to the First Edition
5. 5.Preface to the Third Edition
6. 6.Table of Contents
7. 7.List of Illustrations
8. 8.Introduction
9. 9.General Description of the Archipelago
10. 10.Discovery of the Archipelago
11. 11.The Ladrones, Carolines and Pelew Islands
12. 12.Attempted Conquest by Chinese
13. 13.Early Relations With Japan
14. 14.Conflicts with the Dutch
15. 15.British Occupation of Manila
16. 16.The Chinese
17. 17.Wild Tribes and Pagans
18. 18.Mahometans and Southern Tribes
19. 19.Domesticated Natives—Origin—Character
20. 20.The Religious Orders
21. 21.Spanish Insular Government
22. 22.Spanish-Philippine Finances
23. 23.Its Early History
24. 24.Agriculture
25. 25.Manila Hemp—Coffee—Tobacco
26. 26.Maize—Cacao—Coprah, Etc.
27. 27.Coal—Gold—Iron—Copper—Sulphur, Etc.
28. 28.Domestic Live-stock—Ponies, Buffaloes, Etc.
29. 29.Manila Under Spanish Rule
30. 30.First Period
31. 31.Edict
32. 32.Order and Command
33. 33.To the Brave Sons of the Philippines
34. 34.American Intervention
35. 35.Of the Revolutionary Government
36. 36.Of the Revolutionary Congress
37. 37.Of Military Justice
38. 38.Additional Clauses
39. 39.Protocol of Peace
40. 40.Treaty of Peace
41. 41.An Outline of the War of Independence, Period 1899–1901
42. 42.The Philippine Republic in the Central and Southern Islands
43. 43.The Spanish Prisoners
44. 44.End of the War of Independence and After
45. 45.Modern Manila
46. 46.“Allah Akbar!”
47. 47.The Spanish Friars, After 1898
48. 48.Trade and Agriculture Since the American Advent
49. 49.Trade Statistics
50. 50.Chronological Table of Leading Events
51. 51.Index
52. 52.Colophon — Availability — Encoding — Revision History — Corrections

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