Central Luzon and the land reform program of President Ramon Magsaysay (1954-1957)

• Main Author: Santiago, Fernando A., Jr.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2002
• Subjects: Land reform; Agriculture and state; Economic policy; Farm tenancy; Land use; Rural; History
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/2675
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study shows that the land reform program of Ramon Magsaysay was a consolidation of his gains as Secretary of National Defense and that it was a sincere effort to improve the condition of the peasantry that prevented the rise of serious peasant unrest. This thesis uses the historical method of r...