Greg Bankoff, Kathleen Weekley

This title was first published in 2002. Presenting a fresh understanding of the construction of Post-Colonial national identity in the new context of globalization, this important research will have implications beyond the Filipino case and will be of great interest to a wider audience as a reference for courses on Asian studies, political science and history.

Contents: Introduction: history, the state and national identity; The competition state and national identity; History at the service of the nation-state; Nationalists and national identity; Dissenting voices and the politics of patronage; Heritage, identity and citizenship in a globalizing world; Expo Pilipino and the recolonization of the past; Conclusion: negotiating identity; Bibliography; Index.