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1. HISTORY OF THE
PHILIPPINES
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2. FILIPINO HERITAGE
THE MAKING OF A NATION
Alfredo R. Roces (April 29,1932 – Present)
• Born in Sta. Cruz, Manila
• Award-winning veteran journalist who has worked in newspapers,
magazines and also authored several books on the Philippines and
its art.
• He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Notre Dame
in the USA.
• Married Irene Pineda on May 24, 1958 and has three daughters,
Grace, Mia and Mina
• Author of the latest book on the Roces family “Looking for Lilling”
and the National Book Award winning title, “Felix Resurrection
Hidalgo and the Generation of 1972
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THE MAKING OF A NATION
FILIPINO HERITAGE
THE MAKING OF A NATION
VOLUME 1: THE STONE AGE IN THE PHILIPPINES (The Search for Early
Man)
During the postwar years new data about this country have
been uncovered, changing or amending, previous concepts about
Filipino history and culture. A fresh viewpoint on the Filipinos and the
archipelago they live in was a long felt need.
Early man in the Philippines has now been scientifically
placed in Cagayan Valley about four to five hundred thousand years
back with the discovery of man-made tools along with fossils of
elephants and other animals of the time. Actual human remains in the
form of a fossilized skullcap were found in Tabon cave in Palawan in
1962, tentatively dated about 22,000 years old. Excavations in this cave
site revealed that it has been occupied by early man in the different
periods for 40,000 years. Similarly fresh interpretations of the historic
period have been presented.
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THE MAKING OF A NATION
Philippine Copyright 1977
LAHING PILIPINO PUBLISHING INC.
All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be
reproduced without the written permission of the publisher.
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FILIPINO HERITAGE
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VOLUME 3: THE AGE OF TRADE AND CONTACTS (Visitors from across
many seas)
Contact with other peoples generated intensive trade
activities in the Philippines and pushed cultural development to a new
phase. The first systematic trade contacts were established by the
Chinese and the Arabs, and Sulu served as a gateway to this epoch.
That ubiquitous animal of the Philippine landscape, the
carabao, was said to have been introduced at about this time. The
oldest carabao remains were in the Santa Ana archeological site
associated with sung porcelain ware. On the other hand, dating the
coming of syllabic writing, which according to early Spanish chronicles
was widespread throughout the archipelago at the time of
colonization, is difficult’ but two theories are propounded in this
volume.
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THE MAKING OF A NATION
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Philippine Copyright 1977
LAHING PILIPINO PUBLISHING INC.
All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be
reproduced without the written permission of the publisher.

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THE MAKING OF A NATION
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FILIPINO HERITAGE
THE MAKING OF A NATION
VOLUME 4: THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD (16TH CENTURY)
The day of the Conquistador
Spain gained her first foothold on the islands with
the Adelantado Miguel lopez de Legaspi who arrived with
instructions to colonize the Philippines for Spain despite the
fact that the archipelago fell within the Portuguese side of the
half of the world that both nations had fancifully divided
between themselves. The conquistador and the missionary
together embodied the dual character of the colonizers, and
they encountered two figures who, in turn, personified the
soon-to-be-colonized “Indios”- Rajah Soliman the proud
warrior who reacted with armed resistance. Soliman became
the first known martyr- hero to die in defense of the
homeland.

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THE MAKING OF A NATION
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Philippine Copyright 1977
LAHING PILIPINO PUBLISHING INC.
All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be
reproduced without the written permission of the publisher.

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FILIPINO HERITAGE
THE MAKING OF A NATION
VOLUME 7: THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD ( LATE 19TH
CENTURY) The Awakening
Throughout Spanish rule the colonizers sought to
extend their power into areas and people not fully subjugated.
In Northern Luzon where the Cordillera represented a physical
barrier, there were attempts to dominate by a combination of
a show of force and a policy of attraction. In the South on the
other hand, punitive campaigns were regularly waged against
the “moros”, and as in the days of the holy wars assumed the
character of a religious conflict. Armed defenders of the Islamic
faith, in the face of superior military force, produced a
sociological phenomenon; the juramentado which in this
volume is discussed to include the high point of Muslim
resistance during the Amreican colonial period.

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THE MAKING OF A NATION
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Philippine Copyright 1977
LAHING PILIPINO PUBLISHING INC.
All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be
reproduced without the written permission of the publisher.

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THE MAKING OF A NATION
FILIPINO HERITAGE
THE MAKING OF A NATION
VOLUME 8: THE PERIOD OF ARMED STRUGGLE (1896 – 1900)
Night of Heroes
This volume recounts the period of armed struggle in which a
national identity painfully asserts itself in the battlefield; first rising in arms
against a centuries-old colonizer and then desperately trying to repel a
fresh world power. The Philippines was merely the last colony to slip from
Spain’s fist, but to the United States the archipelago in the Pacific was the
first bite on the apple of colonial adventure.
In a crucible of blood the national consciousness bubbled and
boiled, not only with struggles against foreign oppressors but with internal
strife as well. Bonifacio had impatiently sounded the call to arms only to
learn with finality that raw courage and patriotic zeal alone do not a
successful revolution make.
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THE MAKING OF A NATION
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Philippine Copyright 1977
LAHING PILIPINO PUBLISHING INC.
All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be
reproduced without the written permission of the publisher.