Season 7 · Episode 18
S7E10: Abaca World War
The Colonial Department · The Colonial Department
November 1, 202517m 48s
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Show Notes
<html><p>It was the Great War, the War to End All the Wars… and Philippine abaca merchants were raking in sky-high profits. The world’s most powerful navies relied on this plant—which is native to the Philippines—to keep their warships in battle-ready shape. But what the First World War giveth, the First World War also taketh away.</p><p><br/></p><p>Follow us on IG: <u><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecolonialdept/" target="_blank">@thecolonialdept</a></u></p><p>Follow us on TikTok: <u><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thecolonialdept" target="_blank">@thecolonialdept</a></u></p><p>Email us: <u><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></u></p><p><br/></p><p>References:</p><p>Dacudao, Patricia Irene (2023). <em>Abaca Frontier: The Socioeconomic and Cultural Transformation of Davao, 1898-1941. </em>Ateneo de Manila University Press.</p><p>Crapo, G.R. (February 1926). “The Philippine Fiber Industry.” <em>Proceedings, 52</em>(2). <u><a href="https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1926/february/philippine-fiber-industry" target="_blank">https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1926/february/philippine-fiber-industry</a></u></p><p>Layton, J. Kent (undated). “Lusitania 100 years later: never forget.” National Museums Liverpool. <u><a href="https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/lusitania-100-years-later-never-forget" target="_blank">https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/lusitania-100-years-later-never-forget</a></u></p><p>Jose, Ricardo Trota (1988). “The Philippine National Guard in World War I.” <em>Philippine Studies, 36</em>(3), pp. 275-299. <u><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/42633097" target="_blank">https://www.jstor.org/stable/42633097</a></u></p><p>Nagano, Yoshiko (2012). “The Philippine National Bank and Credit Inflation after World War I.” Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series gd11-216, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University.</p><p>Ybiernas, Vicente Angel (2012) "Philippine Financial Standing in 1921: The First World War Boom and Bust."<em> Philippine Studies, 55</em>(3), pp. 345-372.</p></html>