teodoro agoncillo's history of the filipino people

One look at the list of references shows the absence of very important sources such as the following:Ģ.) The Ford Report of 1916, which shows that the use of Spanish was more widespread than commonly admitted.ģ.) Pío Valenzuela’s History of Philippine Journalism. It may have been up-to-date when it was published, but by no means could it be described as exhaustive. In this book review, Andrade countered the claim that Spanish was not widespread in Filipinas during the US colonial period.Ī REVIEW OF BROTHER ANDREW’S BOOK: “LANGUAGE AND NATIONALISM: THE PHILIPPINE EXPERIENCE THUS FAR”īrother Andrew González’s treatise “ Language and Nationalism” was praised in the foreword by Cecilio López as “the most exhaustive and up-to-date treatment of the language problem in the Philippines”. Andrade was the author of the best-selling and controversial book “ The Fooling of América: The Untold Story of Carlos P. He was a researcher and regular contributor to the Filipino-Chinese weekly magazine “ Tuláy” published by Teresita Ang-See in Binondo, Manila. I am reposting an undated book review written many years ago by the late chemist-historian Pío Andrade Jr.

Teodoro agoncillo's history of the filipino people