The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2)CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 25. jan. 2016 - 196 strani It is customary in Latin countries for a would-be author or orator to endeavour, at the beginning of his book or his speech, to establish his status. Possibly I have become partially Latinized as the result of some eighteen years of residence in the Philippines. At all events it is my purpose to state at the outset facts which will tend to make clear my view point and at the same time briefly to outline the subject-matter which I hereinafter discuss. |
