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| Field | Value |
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Title |
A History of the Philippines |
Author |
David Prescott Barrows (1873–1954) |
Publisher |
Project Gutenberg, Urbana, Illinois, USA., 2011-12-11 |
Publication date |
2011-12-11 |
Availability |
This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. This eBook is produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. Another version of this book is available at The Internet Archive. This ebook was prepared from the first edition from 1905, except for the cover image and most of the illustrations, which were taken from the second edition. Since this book was used in Philippine schools for many years, numerous editions are available from the Internet Archive: First edition, American Book Company, 1905 (Used for this digital edition).https://www.archive.org/details/historyofphilipp00barriala[Bobbs-Merrill, 1907] (Used for most of the illustrations).https://www.archive.org/details/cu31924023497997[World Book Company, 1911].https://www.archive.org/details/ahistoryphilipp00barrgoog[World Book Company, 1914]. Furthermore, a spoken book edition is available from LibriVox. The HTML version of this eBook contains a few characters in the old Tagalog or Baybayin script. This script has been encoded following the Unicode standard, and requires a Unicode-compliant Baybayin font to render correctly. A suitable font was developed by Paul Morrow and can be downloaded from his website. |
Keyword |
Philippines—History |
Description |
A History of the Philippines was written in 1903 for use by Filipino Students. Note that it reflects the state of knowledge and political bias as prevalent at the time of its writing. In particular, the author’s writing on the end of Spanish rule, and the onset of American rule in the Philippines should be read in light of the then recent American occupation of the Islands. Later in his life, the author admitted he downplayed the support for the independence movement. See “Humanitarian Imperialism: David Prescott Barrows and the White Man’s Burden in the Philippines” by Kenton J. Clymer in The Pacific Historical Review, Vol. 45, No. 4 (Nov., 1976), pp. 495–517. |
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