During the pre-colonial period in the Philippines, it is believed thatFilipino Martial Arts were already in existence, and skilled warriors known as“Mandirigma”, an elite warrior class, practiced these indigenous martial arts. These martial arts were deeply embedded in the culture and society of ...
This paper examines the corporate governance mechanisms in Sri Lanka, a country that only a little more than a decade ago emerged from a 30-year long civil war. We focus on the evolution of Sri Lanka’s corporate governance from historical, sociocultural, and institutional perspectives. Taking ...
Nationalist movements that took place in the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam in an effort to overthrow colonial ruleSunmade A
If, however, instead ofthe bureaucratic and centralised state apparatus of the Third Reich one takes as ayardstick the level of development of the state in the relevant historical period ineach case, then the differences no longer appear fundamental, but rather a matterof degree: the forms of ...
In summary it can be said that the island groups of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands either will not become independent – this is the case of the Northern Mariana Islands – or are held in partial dependence of the United States with regard to foreign and defense policy by ...
Chapter II examines the local context that conditioned the evolution of the Philippine-Chinese community during the Spanish period (1571-1898). The middle section is composed of Chapter III, and will show how the dynamics of Chinese elite leadership in the Spanish Philippines and the ambitions of...
period it appears that slaves were generated in the same ways they were elsewhere, including capture in war, slave raiding, and the sale of insolvent debtors. In addition, the Chinese practiced self-sale into slavery, the sale of women and children (to satisfy debts or because the seller ...
the vernacular languages themselves lost their status, as the languages of the colonial rulers became the languages of administration and of a new elite. A revival of interest in the native languages and literatures occurred only toward the close of the colonial period, as a consequence of nationa...
In recent years, the urban structure of colonial cities in the period of New Imperialism has been widely studied by urban geographers and historians. Examining the urban structure of colonial cities provides insightful clues to understanding socio-spatial inequality (such as racial segregation, and dis...