Lives at the Margin: Biography of Filipinos Obscure, Ordinary, and Heroic

by Alfred W. McCoy

Book Overview

This book examines the lives of the men and women who emerged from the margins of Philippine society to mobilize a mass following.

Instead of focusing on national heroes, this volume follows an unexplored path by studying the lives of Filipinos ordinary an obscure. Drawing on extensive field and archival research, this volume's authors treat the men and women who emerged from the margins of Philippine society to mobilize a mass following...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1881261271
• ISBN13: 9781881261278
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Center for Southeast Asian Studies 1
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 2.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.6"