Between Empires: Print Culture in the Philippines (1850-1950) - (Library of the Written Word - The Industrial World) (Leather Bound)

Book Synopsis

Between Empires sheds light on how print culture was used to promote and build the colonial projects of Spain, the US, and Japan in the Philippines, what their means were and what failures and problems they encountered. This work intentionally overcomes partisanship by presenting three colonial projects and contrasting narratives in one single volume. On the one hand, the volume transcends the traditional scope and practice of colonial history by advocating a comprehensive study of print culture. On the other hand, it goes beyond traditional colonial book history by studying print culture beyond a Western prism. This volume offers those interested in print culture, colonialism, and the Philippines an insight into the effects happening within and emanating from print culture in relation to institutional change, state-building, and colonial control and interactions.

Contributors are: Joyce L. Arriola, Jose Eleazar R. Bersales, Glòria Cano, Karl Ian Cheng Chua, Kathleen Gutierrez, Patricia May B. Jurilla, Midori Kawashima, Randy M. Madrid, Jorge Mojarro, Benito Rial Costas, Florentino Rodao, Analyn Salvador-Amores, Vernon Totanes, and Irene Villaescusa Illán.

About the Author

Benito Rial Costas teaches Book History at the Complutense University of Madrid. His scholarly work and publications have contributed to the fields of material bibliography, the sociology of texts, and cultural history, and his interests span across book culture, bibliography, digital humanities, and typography. He has lectured in different European and American universities and research centres and is a member of the scientific committee of several international journals.

Marlon James Sales is Associate Professor of Spanish and Translation Studies at the University of the Philippines. He serves as the secretary of The Society for Early Transpacific Studies, recently incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA, and is a member of the editorial boards of The Asian Journal of Humanities (Universiti Sains Malaysia), Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice (Routledge), and The Journal of Literary Multilingualism (Brill).