The Huk Rebellion: A Study of Peasant Revolt in the Philippines
The author manages admirably to interweave the sociological analysis of the social configuration with the narration of political and military event. . . . An important contribution to Philippine historiography as well as to the sociology of peasant movements. (American Political Science Review)[A] fascinating and sometimes even dramatic study. . . . Kerkvliet provides a theoretically important and historically interesting contribution to the understanding of peasant revolt. (Library Journal)Meticulously researched, intriguing, full of interest, and extremely readable. (Modern Asian Studies)A magnificent achievement--the best account of a peasant revolt I have ever read. (Far Eastern Economic Review)A splendid investigation of this agrarian uprising. . . . Kerkvliet analyzes his impressive data with keen insight and elegance. . . . [His] approach gives the book an unusual warmth and poignancy, for the usually muted voices of the peasants are heard. . . . They have found in Kerkvliet an able chronicler of their struggles. (Annals)[A] fascinating and sometimes even dramatic study. . . . Kerkvliet provides a theoretically important and historically interesting contribution to the understanding of peasant revolt..... (Library Journal)A splendid investigation of this agrarian uprising. . . . Kerkvliet analyzes his impressive data with keen insight and elegance. . . . [His] approach gives the book an unusual warmth and poignancy, for the usually muted voices of the peasants are heard. .. . They have found in Kerkvliet an able chronicler of their struggles.... (Annals)The struggle and its participants are brought vividly to life. . . . [Kerkvliet's] numerous short biographies of local participants awaken us to the very human dimension of the struggle. . . . We not only see all this, we hear it, thanks to the numerous quotations which Kerkvliet supplies from his interviews. What is more, we hear both sides. . . . A very persuasive and at times deeply moving account of the agrarian movement in Central Luzon between the 1920s and 1950s. It is a most welcome contribution to our understanding of peasant participation in recent Philippine history, and it offers valuable insights into peasant movements generally. (Philippine Studies)