TITLE: “The History of Filipino People” by Teodoro A.

Agoncillo

Group No. 4
Members: Resuena, Sharmaine Rosco, Camille (Secretary)
Sabularse, Jasmine Sac, Andrei (Leader)
Savilla, Phobe Kate Tagupa, Lester
Trajano, Jasmine Angela (Summarizer) Toledano, Angelica Mae
Valencia, Maychelle Villafuerte, Janna May
Villamonte, Danica (Reporter) Villones, Jonah Louise (Reporter)
Zaldivar, Kym Zerrudo, Mary Razen
*The rest are contributors.

Who is the author of the source?

Teodoro Andal Agoncillo, was born on November 9, 1912, in Lemery, Batangas. He
came from a family that was much involved in the 1896 Philippine Revolution and the
Philippine-American War. He is a relative of Filipino diplomat Felipe Agoncillo, who
attempted to persuade the US to accept the newly founded republic’s legitimacy;
Marcela Agoncillo, who was one of the three women who sewed the Philippine flag; and
first President Emilio Aguinaldo. He finished his Bachelor degree in Philosophy (1934)
and Master’s in History (1939) at the University of the Philippines (UP).

It could be said that he kicked off his career in history quite a bit late, at around 46
years old. But before that, he spent more than 20 years as a Tagalog writer and poet. In
his late 50s when he began publishing his notable works which includes: The Revolt of
the Masses (1956), Malolos: The Crisis of the Republic (1960), The History of the Filipino
People (1960), and The Writings and Trials of Bonifacio (1963). Some of these books
became the standard textbooks in universities. He passed away in 1985 and in the same
year, he received the National Scientist Award for his contribution to Philippine
historiography. 
Is it a secondary source? What makes it such?
Teodoro Agoncillo is a historian who discusses his view of Filipino history as a
nationalist. He gathers the information he writes from primary sources about history and
discusses the views which make his writing a secondary source. In his writings, he tries to
relate the past and the present. While Agoncillo receives most of the credit for History of
the Filipino People, perhaps because he is the only name on the cover of the edition that
has been in print the longest, the truth is that he has never been the sole author of any
of its different editions.

In 1960, the 1st edition’s thirty chapters; ten chapters were written by Oscar Alfonso,
which were later reduced to nine for the 2nd (1967) edition, where Agoncillo’s chapter
on “The Continuing Crisis” made its first appearance. From the 3rd (1970) edition to the
7th (1986) edition, chapters are written by Milagros Guerrero who took the place of
Alfonso’s contributions and remained essentially unchanged for almost two decades. In
the 8th (1990) edition, published five years after Agoncillo’s death, Guerrero’s nine
chapters were replaced with eight new ones which were written by three uncredited co-
authors namely Bernardita Churchill, Isagani Medina, and Samuel Tan - one of whom
must have been responsible for the additional chapter on “The Edsa Revolution.” The
excerpts from the source below showed the history of the Treaty of Biak na bato which
originally came from the writings of Emilio Aguinaldo in his short book written in
September 23, 1899 entitled "True Version of the Philippine Revolution."

In conclusion, we believe that the book entitled "History of the Filipino People" by
Teodoro A. Agoncillo is a secondary source. Because, although he is the author of the
book, the contents of his books come from primary sources. To illustrate it in his book
titled "Biak na Bato" according to our research is also based from the writings of Emilio
Aguinaldo. Teodoro's way of writing is that he tries to relate the past and the present, so
that it can be more relatable or easy to understand for other people. That based on our
video presentation, the aforementioned are the reasons why we believe it is a secondary
source, and also according to our findings, there are a lot of editions and authors that
are not mentioned in this book.

Internal Criticism External Criticism

He creates a reflection of the point of view The book “History of Filipino People” in
of the Filipino masses sharing his works 1990 by Teodoro A. Agoncillo was first
through books, poetry, and essays. He is a published in 1960 under the title: A Short
nationalist author. The central to his History of the Filipino People by the
methodology was the need to rewrite University of the Philippines in Quezon
history from “the Filipino point of view,” City, which was co-authored by Oscar M.
while sticking to the facts. Alfonso.

Excerpts from the source:

Page 184-185 of the book “History of Filipino People”
Page 186 of the book “History of Filipino People”
Cover Page of the book “History of the Filipino People
Title Page of the book “History of the Filipino People
Copyright Page of the book “History of the Filipino People
Dedication/Preface of the book “History of the Filipino People
This image contains the hand-written letters of Aguinaldo to Pedro Paterno which talks about the treaty of
biak na bato.

Summarize your external and internal criticisms here.

In 1990, Teodoro Agoncillo published his book titled “History of Filipino People”, which
was first published in 1960 and co-authored by Oscar M. Alfonso under the title of “A
Short History of the Filipino People”. He is a nationalist writer. He focused on the
necessity to recreate history from "the Filipino point of view", while stating facts that
leads to the truth about Philippine history. He also introduced a new brand of
historiography that made studying Philippine history more interesting and produced
writings which reflects the point of view of the Filipino people through sharing his works
in the form of books, poetry, and essays.
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