One is that historians of an earlier generation, such as Teodoro A. Agoncillo and Renato Constantino, have established the basic and comprehensive account of our history which have gained general acceptance, and have been institutionalized through the educational system as part of the Filipinos' collective knowledge. A younger generation of historians have pointed out, however, that most of what has been written as a general history of the Philippines present a Manila-centric perspective and tend to focus on national political history. A general history would, by its nature, inevitably have gaps and omissions with regards to local history. We can continue the work began by the older generation by filling in the gaps and omissions and presenting alternative viewpoints that reflect more accurately the complex nature of our collective history.