The Huk Rebellion: A Study of Peasant Revolt in the Philippines [Hardcover]

Newly available with an updated bibliographic essay, this highly acclaimed work explores the Huk rebellion, a momentous peasant revolt in the Philippines. Unlike prevailing top-down analysis, Kerkvliet seeks to understand the movement from the point of view of its participants and sympathizers. He argues that seeing a peasant revolt through the eyes of those who rebelled explains and clarifies the actions of people who otherwise might appear irrational. Drawing on a rich array of documents and in-depth interviews with peasants and rebel leaders, the author provides definitive answers to the causes of the rebellion, the goals of the rebels, and the process of resistance.Benedict J. Kerkvlietis head of the Department of Political and Social Change, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at The Australian National University.

The author manages admirably to interweave the sociological analysis of the social configuration with the narration of political and military event. . . . An important contribution to Philippine historiography as well as to the sociology of peasant movements. American Political Science Review

[A] fascinating and sometimes even dramatic study. . . . Kerkvliet provides a theoretically important and historically interesting contribution to the understanding of peasant revolt. Library Journal

Meticulously researched, intriguing, full of interest, and extremely readable. Modern Asian Studies

A magnificent achievement-the best account of a peasant revolt I have ever read. Far Eastern Economic Review

A splendid investigation of this agrarian uprising. . . . Kerkvliet analyzes his impressive data with keen insight and elegance. . . . [His] approach gives the book an unusual warmth and poignancy, for the usually muted voices of the peasants are heard. . . . They have found in Kerkvliet an able chronicler of their struggles. Annals

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