Ambition and Identity: Chinese Merchant Elites in Colonial Manila, 1880–1916

Contents

Contents vii ix Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 27 1 Origins and Evolution of the Manila-Chinese Community , 1571–1898 62 2 Patterns of Chinese Elite Dominance in Spanish Manila 90 3 China and the Philippines, 1571–1889 110 4 Carlos Palanca Chen Qianshan: Elite Activism in the Manila-Chinese Community, 1896–1901 140 5 Institutional Change in the Manila-Chinese Community , 1899–1916 186 6 Benevolent Merchants or Malevolent Highbinders? The Deportation of Agapito Uy Tongco et al., August 1909 219 Conclusion 229 Notes 265 Select Glossary of Chinese Terms and Names 267 Select Bibliography 295 Index ...