Making Mindanao: cotabato and davao in the formation of the philippine nation-state Patricio N. Abinales

includes bibliographical references and index.

Mindanao island -- The imperial province of cotabato -- Davao -- Preface and acknowledgements to the 2020 edition -- Preface and acknowledgements to the 2005 edition -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 -- State formation and local power in a philippine periphery -- Chapter 2 martial law, 1900-1913 -- Chapter 3 moros under filipino colonial rule -- Chapter 4 from southeast asian orang besar to filipino colonial politico -- Chapter 5 the last great western frontier -- Chapter 6 davao-kuo -- Chapter 7 the land of promise -- Chapter 8 policing the frontier -- Chapter 9 maguindanao strongman -- Chapter 10 davao kingpin -- Chapter 11 master warlord, waning strongmen in a frontier in crisis -- Chapter 12 the centrality of peripheries -- References -- Index

"Focuses on how local power was determined by state formation and how the state’s ability to establish its authority was mediated by mutual accommodation between strong men who controlled this frontier zone. Compares Cotabato and Davao to show the process of state formation and the shaping of local power from the American period (1900–1941) to the eve of the declaration of martial law by Ferdinand Marcos (1946–1972)."