False nostalgia: The Marcos "golden age" myths and how to debunk them / JC Punongbayan.
By: Punongbayan, JC
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BookPlace of publication: Quezon CityPublisher: Ateneo de Manila University PressDate of publication: 2023Description: 377 pages: partly illustrated, 21 cm.ISBN: 9786214482467.Subject(s): Marcos, Ferdinand E | Philippines -- President (1965-1986 : Marcos) | Philippines -- Politics and government -- 1965-1986DDC classification: FIL 959.90564 P984 2023 Summary: Was the Philippines really the richest country in Asia during the 1970s and 1980s? Did martial law eradicate hunger and poverty? Did the Marcos regime produce a "golden age" of infrastructure? And did the Marcoses really fight the oligarchy and own a million tons of gold?
False Nostalgia aims to set the record straight. Weaving together hard data and facts in clear and accessible prose, this book aims to debunk the prevailing notion that martial law was the "golden age" of the Philippines. In the process, it paints a clearer, more complete, and therefore more honest picture of the Philippine economy at that time.
More than anything else, this book reminds us why - in this time of mangled histories and fragile memories - it has never been more crucial to fight for the truth and to never forget.
(From the back cover)
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Includes appendix, notes and bibliographical references.
Was the Philippines really the richest country in Asia during the 1970s and 1980s? Did martial law eradicate hunger and poverty? Did the Marcos regime produce a "golden age" of infrastructure? And did the Marcoses really fight the oligarchy and own a million tons of gold?
False Nostalgia aims to set the record straight. Weaving together hard data and facts in clear and accessible prose, this book aims to debunk the prevailing notion that martial law was the "golden age" of the Philippines. In the process, it paints a clearer, more complete, and therefore more honest picture of the Philippine economy at that time.
More than anything else, this book reminds us why - in this time of mangled histories and fragile memories - it has never been more crucial to fight for the truth and to never forget.
(From the back cover)
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