Taming Philippine Headhunters: A Study of Government and of Cultural Change in Northern Luzon

by Felix M. Keesing, Marie Keesing

Overview

In the high mountains and jungles of the northern Philippines lived a quarter of a million people, Malayan, Indonesian and Pygmy. These so-called ‘non-Christians’, differing widely in life and custom, were little touched by Western-style culture and government until the twentieth century. Taming Philippine Headhunters (1934) reveals the special system of government worked out by the American colonial authorities and Filipino leaders to approach the peoples of the mountain region, the issues – political, economic, social, religious and educational – and their assimilation with the Christian Filipinos of the lowlands. The book finishes with an analysis of their likely destiny should the Philippines achieve their independence from the US.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781041015468
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/01/2025
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Pages:	290
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Felix M. Keesing and Marie Keesing

Table of Contents

1. Non-Christians in the Philippine Setting  2. The Mountain Region and its Peoples  3. Spanish and American Penetration  4. Over the Administrator’s Desk  5. Justice and Public Order  6. Nature’s Gifts of Land and Water  7. Food-Getting and Commerce  8. Missions and Health Authorities Versus the Old Religion  9. Through the School Door  10. The Future of the Mountain Peoples