Season 5 · Episode 17
S5E9: Manila Starves!
The Colonial Department · The Colonial Department
February 10, 202413m 53s
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<html><p>Sisid rice. “Star” meat. Loads and loads of kamote. Inside Japanese-occupied Manila, residents of the capital city must do what they can to fend off starvation.</p><p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecolonialdept/" target="_blank">@thecolonialdept</a></p><p>Follow us on TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thecolonialdept" target="_blank">@thecolonialdept</a></p><p>Email us: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><p><br/>The book version of this podcast is called <em>Silk, Silver, Spices, Slaves: Lost Tales from the Philippine Colonial Period, 1565-1946</em>. <a href="https://www.faction.press/product-page/silk-silver-spices-slaves-philippines-history" target="_blank">Purchase here</a>. (An ebook version is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Silk-Silver-Spices-Slaves-Philippine-ebook/dp/B0D5JSXC5M" target="_blank">also available in Amazon</a>.) <br/><br/>References:</p><p>Doeppers, Daniel (2016). <em>Feeding Manila in Peace and War, 1850-1945. </em>Ateneo de Manila University Press.</p><p>Jose, Ricardo T. (1998). <em>The Japanese Occupation. </em>In <em>Kasaysayan: The Story of the Filipino People. </em>Asia Publishing Company Limited.</p><p>Fernandez, Doreen (1998). “Surviving Off the Land.” In Jose (1998), <em>The Japanese Occupation. </em>Asia Publishing Company Limited.</p><p>Parsons, Chick (1942). “Memorandum as the Conditions in the Philippines during Japanese Occupation. <em>Memorandum of Mr. C. Parsons to the Department of State </em>[declassified intelligence document].</p><p>PEMSEA (2007). “Manila Bay: Initial risk assessment.” <em>PEMSEA Technical Information Report No. 2007/01112</em>.</p><p>Stinner, William F.; Bacol-Montilla, Melinda (1981). “Population Deconcentration in Metropolitan Manila in the Twentieth Century.” <em>The Journal of Developing Areas, 16</em>(1), 3-16.</p><p>Reyes, Millie and Karla (6 December 2018). “The love story behind the Aristocrat — and the back story of their barbecue.” <em>Philippine Star. </em></p><p>“Lido Cocina Tsina: A must-visit dining institution in Manila.” (25 January 2013). <em>Philippine Star.</em></p><p>French, Paul (2018). <em>City of Devils: The Two Men Who Ruled the Underworld of Old Shanghai. </em>Picador. </p><p>Scott, James C. (2010). <em>The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia</em>. Yale University Press.<br/><br/></p></html>