BOOKS
Rising sun in olden Zamboanga /

Publisher: Rex Printing,


Title Details
  • Rising sun in olden Zamboanga /
Publishers
  • Quezon City : Rex Printing,c2018
Descriptions
  • ix, 178 pages :illustrations
Isbn
    9786219566056 (softbound)
Language
    English
Subjects
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines -- Zamboanga
  • Zamboanga City (Philippines) -- History
  • Philippines -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Place
  • Zamboanga City (Philippines)
  • Philippines
Location RHC
Item Call Number DS 688 .Z3 G77 2018
Status Available
Barcode 18551
International Standard Book Number
  • International Standard Book Number - 9786219566056 (softbound)
Library Of Congress Call Number
  • Classification number - DS 688 .Z3
  • Item number - G77 2018
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Gregorio, Bienvenido L.
Title Statement
  • Title - Rising sun in olden Zamboanga /
  • Statement of responsibility, etc - Bienvenido L. Gregorio, Hezekiah A. Concepcion, Michael Vincent P. Caceres, Jeny An S. Costales
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc - Quezon City :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc - Rex Printing,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc - c2018
Physical Description
  • Extent - ix, 178 pages :
  • Other physical details - illustrations
General Note
  • General note - Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
  • Formatted contents note - Backstage of Japanese invasion of Zamboanga. Japan paving the years for war. Japan prelude to WWII -- Reasons for Japan's expansionism -- Events in Zamboanga before the war. Zamboanga under Spain -- Zamboanga in the aftermath of Spanish-American War -- Political developments in Zamboanga in the early American occupation -- Zamboanga in the Commonwealth era -- Zamboanga braced for war. Japanese invasion of the Southern islands -- Japanese invasion of Zamboanga -- The Kempei Tai: ninjas in Zamboanga -- Resistance to Japanese occupation of Zamboanga: the Mindanao situation. The Mindanao resistance. The guerillas of Mindanao and Zamboanga -- Leadership -- in the guerrilla front -- Muslim Filipinos in World War II -- Impact on civilians -- Eyewitnesses accounts of the Japanese occupation. Fine Japanese bad USAFFE -- Stories from the barrios -- Manuel Dagalea Jaldon and the issue of collaboration -- Veteran Daniel C. Penaranda --Veteran Medardo B. Jamiro -- Zamboanga as sanctuary of evacuees -- The bravery of the unknown in Mindanao -- Economic and socio-cultural conditions of Zamboanga under the Japanese rule (circa 1942-1945). The Imperial Japanese Administration -- Economic status of Zamboanga: before and during the war. Philippine currency in the Second World War -- Tight financial conditions -- War time condition of the basic necessities -- Social condition of Zamboanga: before and during the war. Japanese residents in Zamboanga before the WWII -- Epidemic outbreak during the war -- Zamboanga after the war: from destruction to reconstruction. Philippines in the mid 1940's -- Liberation of Zamboanga -- Financial report on postwar Philippines -- Collaborators and the granting of amnesty -- Revisiting the 1945 Tydings Mission -- Age of post-independence -- Zamboanga after the war. Zamboanga during the age of destruction -- Political landscape -- Financial operation and economic conditions -- Cultural reconstruction -- Geographical reconstruction -- Post-war higher education in Zamboanga. Eng. Arturo E. Eustaquio: the founder -- The Zamboanga Arturo Eustaquio Colleges -- Other early educational institutions in the Zamboanga peninsula.
Summary, Etc.
  • Summary, etc - "...a reference material written to provide historical events mainly during the Japanese occupation of Mindanao and Zamboanga from 1942 to 1945. However it also contains events in the pre-war and post-war periods. The title "Rising Sun in Olden Zamboanga" is the historical context on which the history of Zamboanga City is depicted in these periods. The Sun goddess, a mythical being in Japanese history is represented in Japan's emblem the round red circle with the white background. It is the sign of Japanese purity and reverence for the Sun goddess that guided Japanese leaders of the past. Olden Zamboanga as quoted in the title pertains to the periods of Zamboanga history before the war depicting the glorious days of the city emerging out of its colonial past..."
Language Note
  • Language note - English
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • Geographic subdivision - Zamboanga
Subject Geographic Name
  • Geographic name - Zamboanga City (Philippines)
  • General subdivision - History
  • Geographic name - Philippines
  • General subdivision - History
  • Chronological subdivision - Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
Personal Name
  • Personal name - Concepcion, Hezekiah A.
  • Personal name - Caceres, Michael Vincent P.
  • Personal name - Costales, Jeny An S.