history of the filipino people by teodoro a agoncillo

Tan - all from the Department of History, University of the Philippines, Diliman, and intimate associates of the late professor. Especially acknowledged with enduring appreciation are the many acts of kindness and assistance extended to the family by Dr. The difficult task of revision was assumed by the family with the invaluable help of scholar friends who had given more than casual time, efforts, and commitments to bring out the necessary changes in the text. One of the changes effected is the replacement of the chapters written by the junior co-author and the incorporation of other materials the senior author would have-done. Agoncillo who had indicated in various occasions to members of his family and friends the need to update the text in response to changing situations. PREFACE TO THE EIGHTH EDITION This new edition of History of the Filipino People is a ful¬ fillment of the wish of the late Professor Teodoro A. UBLISHERS ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. AGONCILLOĪll rights reserved ISBN- 971- FIRST EDITION: 1960 SECOND EDITION: 1967 THIRD EDITION: 1970 FOURTH EDITION: 1973 FIFTH EDITION: 1977 SIXTH EDITION: 1984 SEVENTH EDITION: 1986 EIGHTH EDITION: 1990 No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photo¬ copying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the author’s family and publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. 903 Quezon Boulevard Quezon CityĬOPYRIGHT 1990 by The Family of the Late TEODORO A. AGONCilLO Department of History University of the Philippines Respect for the elders is one Filipino trait that has remained in the book of For it is the mother that reigns in the home: she is the educator, the financial officer, the laundrywoman, and the cook. The father is the head of the family, but while he rules, the mother governs. The Filipino family ordinarily consists of the grandparents, the parents, and the children. The family has been the unit of society and everything revolves around it. This hospitality to a fault has been misunder¬ stood by many foreigners, particularly by the Spanish adventurers of the previous century, who thought that such show of profuse hospitality was a form of inferiority and obsequiousness.

All peoples the world over are hospitable in their own way, but Filipino hospitality is something that is almost a fault. One patent Filipino trait that imme¬ diately commends itself to the foreigner is his hospitality. AGONCILLC The common traits are probably basical¬ ly Malayan and characterize the Filipinos as a people.

History of the filipino people by teodoro a agoncillo