" Published in cooperation with Asian Studies Association of Australia"

Includes index

Contents

Introduction: the social history of an Archipelago

Luzon

Control and compromise in the Cagayan Valley

The Spanish occupation of the cordillera in the 19th century

Changing human ecology on the Central Luzon plain: Nueva Ecija, 1705-1939

The social history of a Central Luzon Barrio

Church lands in the agrarian history of the Tagalog region

The Provincial and Municipal Elites of Luzon during the revolution, 1898-1902

Abaca in Kabikolan: prosperity without progress

The Visayas

Continuity and change in the economic and administrative history of 19th century Samar

The changing nature of the Cebu urban Elite in the 19th century

A Queen dies slowly: the rise and decline of Iloilo City

Mindanao

Frontier society on defiant and the complaint: the Datus of Maguindanao under Colonial rule

Slavery and the impact of external trade: the Sulu Sultanate in the 19th century

Conclusion: an agenda for Philippine studies