{"product_id":"2026200014706-secondhand-the-tobacco-monopoly-in-the-philippines-bureaucratic-enterprise-and-social-change-1766-1880","title":"The Tobacco Monopoly In The Philippines: Bureaucratic Enterprise And Social Change, 1766-1880","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor over a century, the Spanish colonial administration wielded the tobacco monopoly as an instrument of economic control and social transformation across the Philippine archipelago — a story of empire, bureaucracy, and resistance that Ed. C. de Jesus chronicles with remarkable depth and precision in this landmark study. Set against the turbulent backdrop of colonial rule from 1766 to 1880, the work details how the state-imposed monopoly reshaped agrarian life, reorganized labour, and entrenched a system of bureaucratic enterprise that would define Philippine society for generations.\n\nDe Jesus writes with the authority of a historian deeply attuned to the tensions between imperial policy and local agency, presenting a rigorous analysis that draws on archival sources to illuminate the mechanisms of colonial governance. The Tobacco Monopoly in the Philippines stands as a foundational text in Southeast Asian colonial history, offering an indispensable lens through which to understand how economic monopolies can restructure entire societies — and leaving the reader to wonder what enduring legacies of that colonial apparatus persist to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49210283983067,"sku":"2026200014706-SECONDHAND","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/38aaf384-f181-4e73-86e1-a77304165b39.png?v=1788268817","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014706-secondhand-the-tobacco-monopoly-in-the-philippines-bureaucratic-enterprise-and-social-change-1766-1880","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}