Looking Back
eBook - ePub

Looking Back

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eBook - ePub

Looking Back

About this book

Hindsight is the lowest form of intelligence–except for historians. In this handy collection of Ambeth Ocampo's "Looking Back" column pieces, the popular historian digs deep and looks back carefully at events, places and important people who make up the country's history.

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Information

Publisher
Anvil Publishing, Inc.
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9789712736087
Topic
History
Subtopic
Asian History
Index
History
AMBETH R. OCAMPO has, for over three decades, brought history down from academia and returned it to the public where it also belongs. Drawing from extensive archival research, at home and abroad, he has written on Philippine history focusing on its art, culture, and the heroes who figure in the birth of the nation.
Dr. Ocampo is an associate professor and former chair, Department of History, Ateneo de Manila University. He writes a widely read editorial page column for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, moderates a growing Facebook fan page, and also connects on Instagram. An independent curator, he sits on the advisory boards of the Ateneo Art Gallery, Ayala Museum, BenCab Museum, Lopez Museum, and the President Elpidio Quirino Foundation.
In other lives and other times, he was a Benedictine monk; president of the City College of Manila; chairman, National Historical Commission of the Philippines and the National Commission on Culture and the Arts; chairman, Incoming State Visits, Office of Presidential Protocol, Malacañang Palace; and adviser, Numismatic Committee, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. After an eventful professional and personal life, he looks forward to the perks of a senior citizen card.
Other books by AMBETH R. OCAMPO:
The Paintings of E. Aguilar Cruz (1986)
Rizal Without the Overcoat rev. ed. (2011)
Makamisa: The Search for Rizal’s Third Novel rev. ed. (2009)
A Calendar of Rizaliana in the Vault of the Philippine National Library rev. ed. (2011)
Aguinaldo’s Breakfast (1993)
Bonifacio’s Bolo (1995)
Mabini’s Ghost (1995)
Teodora Alonso (1995)
Talking History: Conversations with Te...

Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Gregorio del Pilar was a Playboy
  3. A Song for Quezon’s Girlfriend
  4. The Governor and the Feminist
  5. MacArthur and Dimples
  6. The Sad Hidalgo-Yrritia Affair
  7. Manuel L. Quezon The Way He Was
  8. The Hot-blooded Antonio Luna
  9. Rumors Distort History
  10. Lopez Jaena, the Forgotten Hero
  11. Recuerdos de Patay
  12. There’s this Woman Named Circuncisión
  13. Ay, Monai!
  14. Filipino Cuss Words
  15. How Much for the Mamon?
  16. Did Japan Offer to Buy the Philippines?
  17. We Could Have Been a German Colony
  18. King of Belgium Failed to Buy the Philippines
  19. A Country that had Many Names
  20. Names, Places, and Some Changes
  21. The Last Word on Maynila
  22. The Mala Caña in Malacañang
  23. Who was Juan Luna’s La Bulaqueña?
  24. Who did Luna Pass Off as His Wife?
  25. A King Visited RP and Fell in Love
  26. This Diplomat Stood up His Fiancée
  27. Who is Balagtas’ Celia?
  28. Andres Bonifacio’s Brave Widow