Frontier Constitutions Christianity and Colonial Empire in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines

Frontier Constitutions is a pathbreaking study of the cultural transformations arrived at by Spanish colonists, native-born creoles, mestizos (Chinese and Spanish), and indigenous colonial subjects in the Philippines during the crisis of colonial hegemony in the nineteenth century, and the social an...

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Main Author	Blanco, John D.
Format	eBook Book
Language	English
Published	Berkeley University of California Press 2009
Edition	1
Series	Asia Pacific Modern
Subjects	19th century Asia china Christianity Christianity > Philippines > History > 19th century Church history Civilization Colonial history colonial law colonial philippines colonial subjects colonialism creoles Cultural contact cultural transformations empirical politics empiricism european model global empires global history HISTORY HISTORY / Asia / General Imperialism indigenous peoples legal crisis mestizos modern history Philippines Philippines > Civilization > 19th century Philippines > Politics and government > 19th century philippines independence philippines natives philippino art philippino literature political communities politics Politics and government Religious missions retrospective Spain spanish colonists Spanish Empire State-society relations world history Philippines philippino literature colonial philippines philippino art politics spain christianity mestizos spanish colonists modern history european model cultural transformations colonial subjects empiricism political communities indigenous peoples philippines 19th century legal crisis colonialism world history retrospective philippines independence colonial law china creoles spanish empire global history philippines natives empirical politics global empires
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ISBN	9780520255197 0520255194 0520943694 9780520943698
DOI	10.1525/9780520943698

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Summary:	Frontier Constitutions is a pathbreaking study of the cultural transformations arrived at by Spanish colonists, native-born creoles, mestizos (Chinese and Spanish), and indigenous colonial subjects in the Philippines during the crisis of colonial hegemony in the nineteenth century, and the social anomie that resulted from this crisis in law and politics. John D. Blanco argues that modernity in the colonial Philippines should not be understood as an imperfect version of a European model but as a unique set of expressions emerging out of contradictions—expressions that sanctioned new political communities formed around the precariousness of Spanish rule. Blanco shows how artists and writers struggled to synthesize these contradictions as they attempted to secure the colonial order or, conversely, to achieve Philippine independence.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-357) and index SourceType-Books-1 ObjectType-Book-1 content type line 7
ISBN:	9780520255197 0520255194 0520943694 9780520943698
DOI:	10.1525/9780520943698