1st Edition
Taming Philippine Headhunters A Study of Government and of Cultural Change in Northern Luzon
290 Pages
by
Routledge
290 Pages
by
Routledge
290 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the high mountains and jungles of the northern Philippines lived a quarter of a million people, Malayan, Indonesian and Pygmy. These so-called ‘non-Christians’, differing widely in life and custom, were little touched by Western-style culture and government until the twentieth century. Taming Philippine Headhunters (1934) reveals the special system of government worked out by the American... Read more
1. Non-Christians in the Philippine Setting 2. The Mountain Region and its Peoples 3. Spanish and American Penetration 4. Over the Administrator’s Desk 5. Justice and Public Order 6. Nature’s Gifts of Land and Water 7. Food-Getting and Commerce 8. Missions and Health Authorities Versus the Old Religion 9. Through the School Door 10. The Future of the Mountain Peoples
Biography
Felix M. Keesing and Marie Keesing
