ASIAN 2208 Introduction to Southeast Asia: Philippines

This volume explores the geography, history, and society of this important island nation. Thematic chapters examine topics such as government and politics, history, food, etiquette, education, gender, marriage and sexuality, media and popular culture, music, art, and more. Each chapter opens with a general overview of the topic and is followed by alphabetically arranged entries that home in even closer on the topic. Sidebars and illustrations appear throughout the text, and appendixes cover a glossary, facts and figures, holidays chart, and vignettes that paint a picture of a typical "Day in the Life" of students and adults in the country. A bibliography rounds out the work.

Artemio R. Guillermo covers more than four centuries of Filipino history in this newly expanded and updated third edition, which contains more than four hundred entries on persons, places, events, and institutions. An updated introduction with a detailed chronology precedes the dictionary, Includes a comprehensive bibliography.

This updated and revised 2nd edition explores the history of the Philippines, from early indigenous inhabitants to President Rodrigo Duterte's controversial war on drugs today. Updated and expanded since it first published in 2008, it dives deeper into this island nation's history and explores the recent political, cultural, and environmental events of the last decade.

Volumes cover the history of the Philippines beginning with the archipelago and earliest peoples, to the decades after-WWII. (Vol. 10 in Reference is " A Timeline of Philippine History".)

The Handbook is divided into the following four sections concentrating on a different aspect of the Philippines: Domestic politics, Foreign relations, Economics and social policy, Cultures and movements.

Annual overview, issues starting from 2008; include country profile and regional reports; sections on economy, banking, real estate, energy, tourism, transport, industry, infrastructure and more.