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Clash of Spirits
This text illuminates the oral traditions of the Philippines and the convergence of capitalism and the indigenous spirit world. The author examines the social relations, cultural meanings and political struggles surrounding the rise of sugar haciendas on Negros during the late Spanish colonial period, and their subsequent transformation under the aegis of the American colonial state. Drawing on oral history, interviews and a wide array of sources culled from archives in Spain, the United States, the United Kingdom and the Philippines, the author reconstructs the emergence of a sugar-planter class and its strategic maneuvers to attain hegemony. The book portrays local actors taking an active role in shaping the external forces that impinge on their lives. It examines hacienda life from the indigenous perspective of magic and spirit beliefs, reinterpreting several critical phases of Philippine history in the process. By analyzing mythic tales as bearers of historical consciousness, the author explores the complex interactions between local culture, global interventions, and capitalist market forces.
File of documents pertaining to the creation of official civil registries in the Visayan Islands
File of documents, dated July 31, 1862 in Cebu, copied by the office of Remigio Molto, governor of the Visayan Islands, concerning the establishment of civil registries in towns throughout the archipelago. There is a copy of a letter, dated March 8, 1862, to Molto from José de Lemery, governor of the Philippines, ordering that all towns, including those in the Visayan Islands, comply with Real orden no. 250 of Dec. 3, 1861, and begin maintaining official birth, death, and marriage registers. Also included are a copy of Molto's reply to Lemery of July 31, 1862; Molto's detailed instructions to "gobernadorcillos" and other town officials on how to begin the record-keeping process and maintain the registers; and six sample forms, indicating the proper wording and format for official tables and certifications of birth, marriage, and death.
History of Negros
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Theological Quodlibeta in the Middle Ages
The second of two volumes on special theological disputations from ca. 1230-1330 in which audience members asked the era's greatest intellectuals questions de quolibet, "about anything." The variety of the material and the authors' stature make the genre uniquely fascinating.
