Aguinaldo and the Revolution of 1896: A Documentary History

This volume is a collection of 156 documents concerning the 1896 revolt of the Philippines against Spain. The editors publish in full a number of the documents they used in their previous works on the rise of the Aglipayan Church, but the focus here is on the role of Emilio Aguinaldo, who inherited the mantle of revolutionary leader from Andrés Bonifacio. The documents are taken from a number of sources, archival and secondary. The approach is chronological, beginning with the outbreak of the revolt in 1896 and ending with Aguinaldo’s departure for Hong Kong in December 1897. A back to back English translation and sometimes commentary is provided with the Spanish and Tagalog documents. A good index is included. The editors have done a signal service for Philippine history in compiling and translating these documents. They are well chosen, well translated, and well organized.