A01=Felix M. Keesing
A01=Marie Keesing
American colonial policy in Luzon
Author_Felix M. Keesing
Author_Marie Keesing
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colonial administration
cultural assimilation
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ethnographic research
forthcoming
indigenous governance
Philippine anthropology
tribal societies
Product details
- ISBN 9781041015475
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 08 Jul 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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
