Swatting the Spanish flies
Subtitle: a critical commentary on some sweet lies/bitter truths in Philippine history
By: by Margarita V. Hamada.
Publisher: Giraffe Books
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Quezon City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Philippines -- History -- 1898-
Other titles: Critical commentary on some sweet lies/bitter truths in Philippine history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-305).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART ONE. Rizal's Philippines: Critically Ill, 1 Chapter I. The Psychology behind Tyranny and Slavery, 2 II. Diagnosis: Sores, Not Flies, 8 A. Inferiority Complex, 9 B. Weakness of Character, 21 C. Other Sores, 36 D. More Sores, 61 E. Endemic Sores: Disunity, Treachery, Mutual Abuse, 70 F. Final Sore: Denial, 77 III. Prescription: Evolution (Treat the Sores), 79 IV. Medicine Dispensed: Revolution (Swat the Flies), 115 PART TWO. Ramifications of the Katipunan Uprising: Post-Rizal Philippines: Critical to Terminal, 133 V. Rizal's Death: Lights out, Philippines! 134 VI. New Flies, Old Sores, 149 VII. Independence, 1946: A Loaded Gun for a Brown Kid, 171 VIII. Backlash of Rizal's Death, 211 A. Schooling, Not Education, 211 B. Religious Quackery, Not Scientific Magic, 228 C. Chauvinism, Not Nationalism, 260 IX. Conclusion, 280 Appendices, 283 I. Two Messiahs: A Parallel, 284 II. Two Teachers: A Divergence, 290.