First off, the Philippines did not have a steel industry in the 1880s. Europe did - and in fact all the steel used in building this church was imported from Belgium. Of course, our Spanish conquerors had a big hand in building this church since ...
The typhoon, known in the Philippines asbaguío, can be one of nature’s terrifying experiences. Father Fauraspent many years in the study of these dreaded storms, in the hope of being able to foretell their coming and thereby avert much of the damage they would otherwise cause. On 7 July...
The Cognitive Economy of Class Contention in Metro ManilaGarrido, Marco Z
Andrew R. Wilson. Ambition and Identity: Chinese Merchant Elites in Colonial Manila, 1880-1916.(Book Review)Chu, Richard T