Season 4 · Episode 8
S4E4: The Bicycle in Peace and War
The Colonial Department · The Colonial Department
March 18, 202315m 54s
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<html><p>From Rizal in Dapitan to Japanese troops on a blitzkrieg, this is a short history of biking in the Philippines.</p><p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecolonialdept/" target="_blank">@thecolonialdept</a></p><p>Email us: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><p><br/></p><p>References:</p><p>Severino, Howie (22 June 2020). “Rizal’s Wish for a Second-Hand Bicycle.” <em>GMA News Online</em>. <a href="https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/specials/content/160/howie-severino-rizal-s-wish-for-a-second-hand-bicycle/" target="_blank">https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/specials/content/160/howie-severino-rizal-s-wish-for-a-second-hand-bicycle/</a></p><p>Herlihy, David (2010). <em>The Lost Cyclist: The Epic Tale of an American Adventurer and His Mysterious Disappearance. </em>Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.</p><p>Gems, Gerald R. (2016). <em>Sports and the American Occupation of the Philippines</em>. Lexington Books.</p><p>Earle Stevens, Joseph (1899). <em>Yesterdays in the Philippines.</em> Charles Scribner & Sons.</p><p>Giron, Brian Paul (2020 October 4). “Finding bikes in our history.” <em>Cycling Matters</em>. <a href="https://www.cyclingmatters.ph/culture/finding-bikes-in-our-history/" target="_blank">https://www.cyclingmatters.ph/culture/finding-bikes-in-our-history/</a></p><p>Tewell, John. <em>Pretty Filipina with her pride and joy, an American girl’s bicycle</em> [Photo]. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/johntewell/52134258412/sizes/h/?fbclid=IwAR2iU54F7mfNFYEpj3Q8mNc840NVblElvS3hHudysR9q8qo9CwsgsqDglks" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/johntewell/52134258412/sizes/h/?fbclid=IwAR2iU54F7mfNFYEpj3Q8mNc840NVblElvS3hHudysR9q8qo9CwsgsqDglks</a></p><p>Fernandez, Yvette and Goy, Abi (2012). <em>Big John: The Life Story of John Gokongwei Jr.</em> Summit Books.</p><p>Ephraim, Frank (2008). <em>Escape to Manila: From Nazi Tyranny to Japanese Terror. </em>University of Illinois Press.</p><p>Barriga, Maria Cynthia B. (2015). “The Asia-Pacific War in the Davao Settler Zone, December 1941.” <em>Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies</em> <em>30</em>(1): 56–90.</p><p>Danquah, Francis K. (2005). “Reports on Philippine Industrial Crops in World War II from Japan's English Language Press.” <em>Agricultural History 79</em>(1), 74-96 </p><p>LCDR Headrick, Alan C (1994). <em>Bicycle Blitzkrieg: The Malayan Campaign and the Fall of Singapore.</em> (Paper submitted to the Operations Department.) Naval War College. <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/PTO/RisingSun/BicycleBlitz/" target="_blank">http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/PTO/RisingSun/BicycleBlitz/</a></p><p>Eisner, Peter (2017). <em>MacArthur's Spies: The Soldier, the Singer, and the Spymaster Who Defied the Japanese in World War II.</em> Viking. </p><p>Interview with John Gokongwei Jr. from CNBC International.</p></html>