“1970” was a watershed in Philippine historical writing in more ways
than one. While it may have signified for McCoy a break from the particularistic,
nationalist historiography of the Agoncillo generation, for Guerrero, De Jesus,
and most other Filipino historians including myself, “1970” marked the “First
Quarter Storm,” the beginning of a political movement whose contours would
be shaped by the past which we were tasked to write about for a new,
post-1970, audience in a martial law environment. Thus my “archival
fieldwork” in 1971-72 was conducted as much in the streets of Manila and the
peasant communities in southern Luzon, as it was in the national archives.
“1970” was a watershed in Philippine historical writing in more waysthan one. While it may have signified for McCoy a break from the particularistic,nationalist historiography of the Agoncillo generation, for Guerrero, De Jesus,and most other Filipino historians including myself, “1970” marked the “FirstQuarter Storm,” the beginning of a political movement whose contours wouldbe shaped by the past which we were tasked to write about for a new,post-1970, audience in a martial law environment. Thus my “archivalfieldwork” in 1971-72 was conducted as much in the streets of Manila and thepeasant communities in southern Luzon, as it was in the national archives.
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