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Philippine Progress Prior to 1898

A Source Book of Philippine History to Supply a Fairer View of Filipino Participation and Supplement the Defective Spanish Accounts
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"Philippine Progress Prior to 1898" by Conrado O. Benitez is a history book about the Philippines, its people, and economical development. Some important chapters include The Old Philippines' Industrial Development by Conrado Benitez, Prehistoric civilization in the Philippines by Elsdon Best, Beginnings of Philippine Nationalism, and many more. Excerpt: «At the time of the arrival of the Spaniards, agriculture in the Philippines was in a comparatively prosperous condition.1 The Filipinos cultivated rice, which, as today, formed their chief article of food. They grew also sugar-cane, coconuts, indigo, sweet potatoes, and other tubers, various kinds of bananas, the betel-nut palm, the tamarind, lansone, and several varieties of legumes,2 The hemp plant was likewise grown, and as we shall see later on, was used at the time for making the so-called „sinamay“ cloth.3 Cotton was cultivated, and furnished the material for weaving.»

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02 November 2024
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260 p.
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