Contents:

1. AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
The province.
The people and their towns.

2. FROM DATUS DESCENDED
Pre-Hispanic society.
Social and economic Hispanization.
The evolution of Pampangan society to 1765.

3. TRANSITION
The expansion of Philippine commerce.
The origins of a cash crop economy in Pampanga.
The rise of Chinese mestizos.
Pampangan society from 1765 to 1820.

4 CASH CROP SOCIETY
The growth of foreign trade.
The advance of Pampangan sugar farming.
Land and agriculture.
Elite society in the nineteenth century.
Pampanga, 1820-1896.

5. THE BELT OF FIRE
General outlines of the revolution.
The revolution in Pampanga: phase one.
The revolution in Pampanga: phase two.
The revolution in Pampanga: phase three..
Pampanga's role in the revolution.

6. AMERICAN COLONIALISM
American policy toward the Philippines.
Colonial practice in Pampanga.
Education.
Other programs.
American society in Pampanga.

7. DECADE OF ADJUSTMENT
Postrevolutionary reactions.
The growth of party politics.
The agricultural situation.
Pampangan society from 1901 to 1910.

8. PROLOGUE TO UNREST
Administrative policy and practice.
Politics in the new decade.
Agricultural progress.
Pampangan society from 1911 to 1921.

9. ENVOI

TABLES

1. Tenure by family of the Office of Gobernadorcillo in Macabe, Pampanga, 1615-1765
2. Dispersal patterns by Town of Leading Pampangan Families before and after 1765
3. Growth of Philippine Foreign Trade in Nineteenth Century
4. Population Increase by Municipality, 1846-1887
5. Some Spanish Secular Landholdings in Pampanga in the Late Nineteenth Century
6. Catholic Church Landholdings in Pampanga in the Late Nineteenth Century
7. Comparison of Names on Gobernadorcillo Lists from Periods 1765-1820 and 1821-1896
8. Pampangan Families on Gobernadorcillo Lists in Four or More Municipalities, 1821-1896
9. Average Annual Attendance at Public Schools (Primary, Intermediate, and Secondary Grades) in Pampanga, 1902-1910
10. Number of American Teachers in Pampanga, 1901-1910
11. Balloting for Governor and Third Member of the Provincial Board in Pampanga, 1907
12. Sugar export from the Port of Manila, 1895-1910
13. Public Education in Pampanga, 1911-1918
14. Course Elections by Pampangan Students at the University of the Philippines, 1918 / 19 and 1923 / 24
15. Philippine Sugar Export, 1908-1921

MAPS

1. Major Physical Features of Pampanga
2. The Central Plain of Luzon
3. Central Luzon Plain-Physical Features
4. Major Crop Areas of Pampanga (ca.1920)
5. Municipal Boundaries in Pampanga (ca. 1900)
6. Approximate Battle Line Separating Philippine and American Forces in Pampanga, June-July-August 1899
7. Growth of Railroads, 1900-1920