Reformist… and politician. In this week's episode of Extra Credit, we look further at the legacy of the short-lived reign of Governor-General Carlos Maria de la Torre. (Listen to S5E1 before listening to this one!)

In this week's episode of Extra Credit, we head to the frontlines of the information war gripping Manila in World War II. (Listen to S4E13 before listening to this one!)

Prime minister, general, and future convicted war criminal Hideki Tojo drops by the Philippines to see for himself if their colony is ready for independence. So how does his surprise visit go?

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References:

Dery, Luis C. (1984) “Japan’s New Order in the Philippines, 1942-1945: A Blueprint for Asia Under Japan.” Philippine Social Sciences Review 48(1-4), 291-361.

Eisner, Peter (2017). MacArthur's Spies: The Soldier, the Singer, and the Spymaster Who Defied the Japanese in World War II. Viking.

Jose, Ricardo T. (1998). The Japanese Occupation. In Kasaysayan: The Story of the Filipino People. Asia Publishing Company Limited.

Doyo, Ma. Ceres P. (1998). “Anything But Comfort.” In Jose, Ricardo T., The Japanese Occupation (110-111), Asia Publishing Company Limited.

“Tojo tells Manila He’ll Crush Allies; Japanese Premier Boasts That 'Thorough Blow at Enemy's Armed Power' Is Near.” New York Times, 7 May 1943.

“January 29, 1943.” Diary of Francis Burton Harrison. In The Philippine Diary Project.  https://philippinediaryproject.com/1943/01/29/january-29-1943/

In this week's episode of Extra Credit, let’s punch our ticket to the Manila Carnival as it takes local sports (and local athletes) to the next level. (Listen to S4E12 before listening to this one!)

Civilize? Christianize? As the Americans move into their new colony, they pack an unlikely weapon in their mission to take over the Philippines: sports!

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References:

Gems, Gerald R. (2016). Sport and the American Occupation of the Philippines: Bats, Balls, and Bayonets. Lexington Books.

Putz, Paul (31 January 2022). “Muscular Christianity and Moral Formation Through Sports.” Faith & Sports. Truett Seminary of Baylor University. https://blogs.baylor.edu/faithsports/2022/01/31/muscular-christianity-and-moral-formation-through-sports/

Report on the YWCA and the YMCA in the Philippine Islands, 1930 (1930). Sophia Smith Collection of Women’s History (File — Box: 4, Reel: 354, microdex: 8), Smith College Special Collections. https://findingaids.smith.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/170680

Brosas, Arturo (4 January 2023). “What is Texas Gamefowl Chicken?” Agraryo.com https://agraryo.com/poultry/what-is-texas-gamefowl-chicken/

Kramer, Paul (2014). “Colonial Crossings: Prostitution, Disease, and the Boundaries of Empire During the Philippine-American War.” In Body and Nation: The Global Realm of US Body Politics in the Twentieth Century (Rosenberg, E. and Fitzpatrick S., eds), Duke University Press.

Bartholomew, Rafe (2010). Pacific Rims: Beermen Ballin’ in Flip-Flops and the Philippines’ Unlikely Love Affair with Basketball. New American Library.

Anderson, Warwick (2006). Colonial Pathologies: American Tropical Medicine, Race, and Hygiene in the Philippines. Ateneo de Manila Press.

In this week's episode of Extra Credit, take a seat at one of the Philippines' historic pieces of furniture. (Listen to S4E11 before listening to this one!)

Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich Romanov, uncle to the last tsar of Russia, makes an unexpected pitstop at a sprawling estate along the banks of the Pampanga River.

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References:

Kowner, Rotem (15 June 2022). “Time to Remember, Time to Forget: The Battle of Tsushima in Japanese Collective Memory since 1905.” The Asia-Pacific Journal 20(12, 3).

Pyvovarov, Serhii (1 April 2022). “118 years ago, Russia wanted to distract its people from internal problems, inciting a “small victorious war” with Japan. It ended in defeat and revolution, and the phrase became a meme.” Babel. 

“Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich” [Caption to a Portrait]. Jewels of the Romanovs: Treasures of the Russian Imperial Court. Online exhibition. https://www.alexanderpalace.org/jewels/gda.html

Carlson, Peter (8 January 2018). “Encounter: Grand Duke Alexis Meets Buffalo Bill, Custer, Sherman, and Chief Spotted Tail.” Historynet. https://www.historynet.com/encounter-grand-duke-alexis-meets-buffalo-bill-custer-sherman-chief-spotted-tail/ 

Freeman, Dianne (26 July 2021). “The Imperial Russians Who Defied the Czar for Love.” Crime Reads. https://crimereads.com/the-imperial-russians-who-defied-the-czar-for-love/

Gonzalez, August Marcelino Reyes III and Gonzalez, Macario Diosdado Arnedo (19 August 2006). “Familia Arnedo de Sulipan, Apalit, Pampanga.” Remembrance of Things Awry. https://remembranceofthingsawry.wordpress.com/2006/08/19/361/

Tinio, Martin I. Jr. (9 June 2018). “A Table Like No Other.” The Spectacular Mid-Year Auction 2018. Leon Gallery.

Ocampo, Ambeth (3 October 2018). “Berezowsky, Rizal’s Russian Friend.” Philippine Daily Inquirer. https://opinion.inquirer.net/116506/berezowsky-rizals-russian-friend

Ocampo, Ambeth (30 June 2023). “History on the tongue.” Philippine Daily Inquirer. https://opinion.inquirer.net/164409/history-on-the-tongue

Gonzalez-Ventura, Barbara (2 July 2005). “Fiesta in Apalit and Sulipan.” Philippine Star. https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/modern-living/2005/07/02/284524/fiesta-apalit-and-sulipan

In this week's episode of Extra Credit, flip through Spanish-era periodicals to get their take on the "ideal Filipina woman." (Listen to S4E10 before listening to this one!)

It’s an intercontinental textile trade war, as Spain throws open its colony’s ports to the world, and imported cotton from Britain muscles its way into Philippine markets.

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References:

Coo, Stephanie (2019). Clothing the Colony: Nineteenth Century Philippine Sartorial Culture, 1820-1896. Ateneo de Manila University Press. 

Ladrido, R.C. (27 May 2022) “Piña: The queen of Philippine handwoven textiles.” Vera Files. https://verafiles.org/articles/pina-the-queen-of-philippine-handwoven-textiles

Lush, Emily. “Piña (Pineapple) Cloth, Philippines.” The Textile Atlas. https://www.thetextileatlas.com/craft-stories/pina-cloth-philippines

Henry F. Funtecha (December 1981). “Iloilo’s Weaving Industry During the 19th Century.” Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society 9(4), 301-308. https://www.jstor.org/stable/29791740

Griffin, Emma (2014, 15 May). “Manchester in the 19th century.” British Library. https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/manchester-in-the-19th-century

“Manchester, Cotton, and Slavery.” (19 January 2023). The Science and Industry Museum. https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/manchester-cotton-and-slavery

Legarda, Benito (1999). After the Galleons: Foreign Trade, Economic Change, and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth Century Philippines. Ateneo de Manila University Press.

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