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The Spanish ßag over an Anglo-Chinese commercial colony: the Philippines in the 19th century

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  • Benito Legarda, Jr

    (Department of Political and Social Change, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University)

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Nineteenth-century Philippines, unlike most colonies, was not economically dependent on its mother country, Spain, which ranked generally only fourth among its trading partners, behind the United Kingdom, the United States, and China. The index-measured concentration of Philippine trade was only moderately high owing to competition among its trading partners. Foreign trading was mainly conducted by the British and Americans. The Chinese were pervasive in domestic trade. Thus arose the jibe that the Philippines was an Anglo-Chinese colony with a Spanish ßag. With the growth of foreign trade, wealth circulated into the rural areas, assisting in the rise of a native middle class. But there were costs, among them the destruction of the domestic textile industry. With the coming of the United States, the Philippines once again came under a unitary politico-economic metropole, leading to a high degree of economic complementarity lasting until long after World War II.

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  • Benito Legarda, Jr, 2012. "The Spanish ßag over an Anglo-Chinese commercial colony: the Philippines in the 19th century," Philippine Review of Economics, University of the Philippines School of Economics and Philippine Economic Society, vol. 49(2), pages 41-50, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:phs:prejrn:v:49:y:2012:i:2:p:41-50
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    1. Benito J. Legarda Jr., 2011. "The economic background of Rizal’s time," Philippine Review of Economics, University of the Philippines School of Economics and Philippine Economic Society, vol. 48(2), pages 1-22, December.
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      trade concentration; economic complementarity; economic dependence Journal: Philippine Review of Economics;
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      • N70 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - General, International, or Comparative

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