Taming Philippine Headhunters

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A01=Felix M. Keesing
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American colonial policy in Luzon
American colonialism in the Philippines
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Author_Marie Keesing
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colonial administration
cultural assimilation
Development of the Philippines
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ethnographic research
History of colonialism in the Philippines
indigenous governance
Indigenous peoples of the Philippines
Modern history of the Philippines
Philippine anthropology
tribal societies

Product details

  • ISBN 9781041015468
  • Weight: 620g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 01 May 2025
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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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 colonial authorities and Filipino leaders to approach the peoples of the mountain region, the issues – political, economic, social, religious and educational – and their assimilation with the Christian Filipinos of the lowlands. The book finishes with an analysis of their likely destiny should the Philippines achieve their independence from the US.

Felix M. Keesing and Marie Keesing

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