Making Mindanao: Cotabato and Davao in the Formation of the Philippine Nation-State

by Patricio N. Abinales

Southern Mindanao became the battleground of two major rebellions in the 1970s: one sought to create a separate Muslim state, and the other--a communist insurgency--aspired to overthrow the Philippine state. Standard explanations of these rebellions point to the explosive combination of historic ethnic disputes, massive demographic changes accompanying the closure of the frontier, rising class inequalities, the entry of transnational capital, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9715503497
• ISBN13: 9789715503495
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Ateneo de Manila Univ Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.