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5 Historical Texts Everyone Should Read On Precolonial Philippines

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Now if you guys have been following me and the blog, you will know that my interest and passion toward our precolonial history and culture is pretty strong. This has become the driving force to why I created t... Read More...
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So a year ago I made a pre-colonial Philippines reference post on Tumblr with links to English translated texts from Spanish written accounts of our ancestors during the early colonization, to Chinese accounts... Read More...

Philippine Ancestral Gold by Florina H. Capistrano-Baker

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January 28, 2013
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The book ‘Philippine Ancestral Gold’ situates more than 1,000 gold objects recovered in the Philippines from the 1960s to 1981 within the context of early Southeast Asia. Many of these treasures were found in a... Read More...

Brown Skin, White Minds: Filipino -/ American Postcolonial Psychology

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January 21, 2013
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Brown Skin, White Minds: Filipino -/ American Postcolonial Psychology is now available for advanced purchase through the publisher’s site. The actual release date in February will be released soon! Summary: ... Read More...

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