27 research outputs found
“Nacido en el paĂs al amparo de la hidalga NaciĂłn Española”. Los usos del factor racial en el control del poder local en Filipinas a finales del siglo XIX
The article traces the use and exploitation of race and racial mixing in access to and control of local authorities in the Philippines during Spanish colonial rule, the only level of government available to native people. It analyzes how race determined the position of each individual in the colonial power pyramid—racial categories that were subsequently shaped by and enshrined in law and served to appraise privileges and exceptions. It explores the dichotomous strategies used by native elites in relation to local power during the second half of the nineteenth century. Those PrincipalĂas who did not wish to be in local government, or considered them onerous, used racial categories to shirk these responsibilities. By contrast, in the case of PrincipalĂas which were interested in occupying these local positions, the elites resorted to a defensive strategy which used the racial system to their advantage to prevent these posts being illegally usurped by Spaniards and Spanish mestizos.En el artĂculo se rastrean los usos de la raza y el mestizaje en el acceso y control del poder local en Filipinas durante la dominaciĂłn colonial española. Se analiza cĂłmo la raza determinĂł la ubicaciĂłn de cada individuo dentro de la pirámide de poder de la colonia, categorĂas raciales que moldearon y quedaron solidificadas en la legislaciĂłn y sirvieron para aquilatar privilegios y excepciones. Se indagan las dicotĂłmicas estrategias desplegadas por las Ă©lites nativas en relaciĂłn al poder local durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX
Ethnicity and Class in the Structure of Philippine Cities
This dissertation is an investigation of the nature and spatial organization of society in Philippine provincial cities. It seeks to ascertain what groups and classes are present in these cities, and how they have changed over time. The central perspective is a concern for social-spatial patterns: for uniformity and heterogeneity, broad ecological frames, and fine grained patterns of social coherence. A wide variety of social and economic information is also analyzed