Visible Japanese and Invisible Filipino Narratives of the Development of Davao, 1900s to 1930s

Although the southern Philippine province of Davao had the largest number of Japanese inhabitants in Southeast Asia before the Second World War, the Japanese in Davao were a minority compared with the Filipino settlers there. Nonetheless, the literature has focused predominantly on the role of the J...

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Main Author: Patricia Irene Dacudao, Lydia N.
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2015
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.phstudies-40662024-08-07T03:42:03Z Visible Japanese and Invisible Filipino Narratives of the Development of Davao, 1900s to 1930s Patricia Irene Dacudao, Lydia N. Although the southern Philippine province of Davao had the largest number of Japanese inhabitants in Southeast Asia before the Second World War, the Japanese in Davao were a minority compared with the Filipino settlers there. Nonetheless, the literature has focused predominantly on the role of the Japanese in the development of Davao’s abaca (Manila hemp) industry and, by extension, the development of Davao itself during the period of American colonial rule. Thisarticle seeks to explain, given this predominant focus on the Japanese, the relative invisibility of Filipinos in the narratives of Davao’s development during the period of the 1900s to the 1930s.KEYWORDS: DAVAO • MINDANAO • FILIPINO SETTLERS • JAPANESE MIGRANTS • ABACA 2015-02-26T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol63/iss1/5 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/4066/viewcontent/6197.pdf Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Archīum Ateneo
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description Although the southern Philippine province of Davao had the largest number of Japanese inhabitants in Southeast Asia before the Second World War, the Japanese in Davao were a minority compared with the Filipino settlers there. Nonetheless, the literature has focused predominantly on the role of the Japanese in the development of Davao’s abaca (Manila hemp) industry and, by extension, the development of Davao itself during the period of American colonial rule. Thisarticle seeks to explain, given this predominant focus on the Japanese, the relative invisibility of Filipinos in the narratives of Davao’s development during the period of the 1900s to the 1930s.KEYWORDS: DAVAO • MINDANAO • FILIPINO SETTLERS • JAPANESE MIGRANTS • ABACA
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author Patricia Irene Dacudao, Lydia N.
spellingShingle Patricia Irene Dacudao, Lydia N.
Visible Japanese and Invisible Filipino Narratives of the Development of Davao, 1900s to 1930s
author_facet Patricia Irene Dacudao, Lydia N.
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title Visible Japanese and Invisible Filipino Narratives of the Development of Davao, 1900s to 1930s
title_short Visible Japanese and Invisible Filipino Narratives of the Development of Davao, 1900s to 1930s
title_full Visible Japanese and Invisible Filipino Narratives of the Development of Davao, 1900s to 1930s
title_fullStr Visible Japanese and Invisible Filipino Narratives of the Development of Davao, 1900s to 1930s
title_full_unstemmed Visible Japanese and Invisible Filipino Narratives of the Development of Davao, 1900s to 1930s
title_sort visible japanese and invisible filipino narratives of the development of davao, 1900s to 1930s
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2015
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol63/iss1/5
https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/4066/viewcontent/6197.pdf
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