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Travel writings : 'A Grandmother Visits the Philippines', n.d.
Title
Travel writings : 'A Grandmother Visits the Philippines', n.d. 1949.
Publication
Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2009.
Physical Description
1 online resource.
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Notes
AMDigital Reference:MC 553, 13.3.
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Reproduction of: Travel writings : 'A Grandmother Visits the Philippines', n.d., 1949..
© The Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
English
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Summary
An edited version of Cornelia's 'Travel writings, Philippines trip in 1949' (ref. MC 553, 13.2). Cornelia begins her writings with a brief summary of her life up to this point and her past travels. With her husband deceased and her children grown up, she decides to travel around the islands of the Philippines alone, at the age of seventy-two. She explains her motives for wanting to travel to the Philippines. Her writings feature lengthy comment and opinion on how the Philippines has changed since American and Japanese occupation. She spends time recalling the violent events of conflict and wars that makes up the Philippines' past. She also focuses on public education, agriculture, the economy, and the local inhabitants. She travels around the area where the Igorot people live and she visits a leper colony on Cebu.
Variant and related titles
Travel writing, spectacle and world history.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 24, 2023
Series
Travel Writing, Spectacle and World History
Subjects
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