Quick Reference Sources for 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.

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 History of the Philippines" offers a comprehensive account of the Philippines and its struggle to discover a national identity.

Vols.1 and 2 cover the peoples of the Philippines, Aeta to Yakan. The other eight volumes cover aspects of the arts of the Philippines.

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.