Jely A Galang
Biographic Data
| ID | 4048722 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jely A Galang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jely A |
| FAMILY NAME | Galang |
| SIGNATURE | GALANG J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Philippines Diliman |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Illegal Immigration and Chinese Transnational Networks in Southern Philippines, 1850–1898
This chapter explores the illegal immigration of Chinese in southern Philippines from 1850 to 1898. During the second half of the nineteenth century, the Spanish colonial government in the Philippines implemented policies aimed at controlling illegal Chinese immigration in the southern part of the colony. Although most Philippine Chinese would disembark at the port of the colonial capital of Manila, authorities were aware of the unregulated movem…
China and the Philippines
China and Asia
A Journal in Historical Studies showcases recent works by five Filipino scholars that examine aspects of the history of the Chinese in the Philippines from the early modern to the contemporary period.The first paper in the issue is written by Tina S. Clemente, who interrogates why Chinese traders from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century were generally successful in their business activities in the Philippines.She argues that favorable economi…
Chinese Prisoners in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines
This paper examines the lives of “undesirable” Chinese—vagrants, the undocumented, idlers, beggars, drunkards, and pickpockets—who were incarcerated in Philippine prisons during the nineteenth century. Using criminal records at the National Archives of the Philippines, it interrogates the actors, institutions, and processes involved in confining these Chinese offenders and sheds light on how they lived within the confines of various penal institu…
Chinese Laborers on a Mining Frontier
This paper focuses on the lives and circumstances of Chinese laborers in the copper mines of Lepanto in Northern Luzon from 1856 until the American occupation of the Philippines in 1898. While Filipino laborers were also employed by the Spanish Cantabro-Filipina Company, Chinese laborers were preferred when it came to opening up and exploiting large areas in the “mineral belt” of Luzon. This preference was due mainly to Chinese workers’ mining sk…
Living Carriers in the East
Although the history of the Chinese in the Philippines is generally well known, what has not been probed is the way working-class Chinese lived and conducted their trades amid restrictive colonial policies. Using previously unexplored archival materials, this article examines the lives and circumstances of Chinese cargadores (stevedores and transporters) within the urban and commercial milieus of Manila during the nineteenth century. Chinese carg…
Expulsion of “Undesirable” Chinese from the Philippines, 1883–1898
Undesirable” Chinese – vagrants, undocumented migrants, pickpockets, beggars, drunkards, idlers and the “suspicious” – were considered “dangerous” by the Spanish colonial government because they posed a threat to the financial and political security of the Philippines. Mostly belonging to the laboring classes, these unemployed and marginally employed individuals were arrested, prosecuted and punished for violating policies relating to registratio…
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Chinese Laborers on a Mining Frontier
This paper focuses on the lives and circumstances of Chinese laborers in the copper mines of Lepanto in Northern Luzon from 1856 until the American occupation of the Philippines in 1898. While Filipino laborers were also employed by the Spanish Cantabro-Filipina Company, Chinese laborers were preferred when it came to opening up and exploiting large areas in the “mineral belt” of Luzon. This preference was due mainly to Chinese workers’ mining sk…
Living Carriers in the East
Although the history of the Chinese in the Philippines is generally well known, what has not been probed is the way working-class Chinese lived and conducted their trades amid restrictive colonial policies. Using previously unexplored archival materials, this article examines the lives and circumstances of Chinese cargadores (stevedores and transporters) within the urban and commercial milieus of Manila during the nineteenth century. Chinese carg…
Expulsion of “Undesirable” Chinese from the Philippines, 1883–1898
Undesirable” Chinese – vagrants, undocumented migrants, pickpockets, beggars, drunkards, idlers and the “suspicious” – were considered “dangerous” by the Spanish colonial government because they posed a threat to the financial and political security of the Philippines. Mostly belonging to the laboring classes, these unemployed and marginally employed individuals were arrested, prosecuted and punished for violating policies relating to registratio…
Chinese Prisoners in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines
This paper examines the lives of “undesirable” Chinese—vagrants, the undocumented, idlers, beggars, drunkards, and pickpockets—who were incarcerated in Philippine prisons during the nineteenth century. Using criminal records at the National Archives of the Philippines, it interrogates the actors, institutions, and processes involved in confining these Chinese offenders and sheds light on how they lived within the confines of various penal institu…
China and Asia
A Journal in Historical Studies showcases recent works by five Filipino scholars that examine aspects of the history of the Chinese in the Philippines from the early modern to the contemporary period.The first paper in the issue is written by Tina S. Clemente, who interrogates why Chinese traders from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century were generally successful in their business activities in the Philippines.She argues that favorable economi…
Illegal Immigration and Chinese Transnational Networks in Southern Philippines, 1850–1898
This chapter explores the illegal immigration of Chinese in southern Philippines from 1850 to 1898. During the second half of the nineteenth century, the Spanish colonial government in the Philippines implemented policies aimed at controlling illegal Chinese immigration in the southern part of the colony. Although most Philippine Chinese would disembark at the port of the colonial capital of Manila, authorities were aware of the unregulated movem…
China and the Philippines
Philippine History and Culture (7 works) · China (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · History (4 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)