a short history of the philippines teodoro agoncillo

In Chapter 9 Agoncillo wrote: “Andres Bonifacio founder and organizer of the Katipunan was born in Tondo….” Bonifacio was born in Calle Alvarado, in Binondo on November 30, 1863.

To enumerate all the lies and errors of Agoncillo would require a book as thick or even thicker than Agoncillo’s book thus, only a dozen big lies will be discussed from several important chapters. Let me now cite specific lies and errors in selected chapters of Agoncillo’s HISTORY OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE, 12th edition, printed in 2012 followed by the corresponding truth with the source in parenthesis. Also, Agoncillo hardly mentioned archival sources in his references. And these references are not even the best references for the period covered. He relied mainly on secondary sources, most of them polluted. A look at the references cited by Agoncillo explains why his book is misleading. Second, he will misinterpret the facts he gathered to make it appear that Spain, the Church, and America and their supporters are really evil and bad for the Philippine. Third, he would invent events and happenings to support his bias to minimize or cover up the mistakes and errors of Filipinos and their heroes. First, there is the lie of omission. Agoncillo will not mention facts that do not support his biases. How Agoncillo’s book was published into a textbook is also related and the dishonesty in the top rung of the UP is revealed and why he became a darling of the “nationalist” despite his dishonesty and bad scholarship.Īgoncillo’s Philippine history textbook is loaded with lies and errors that only a dozen of the most vicious lies at pivotal epochs of Philippine history will be mentioned. Agoncillo’s lies are due to his fanatical hatred for the Church and Spain and their adherents, his belief in so-called Filipino nationalists and heroes, and his belief that he was better than other Filipino historians.Īgoncillo’s distortions take on several forms. Only twelve of the many big lies of Agoncillo in the book are exposed here, sufficient to show Agoncillo’s dishonesty and the corresponding truth mentioned after the lie is quoted. The book is HISTORY OF THE FILIPINO NATION by Teodoro Agoncillo, a reputed “nationalist” who became the Chairman of UP’s Department of History from 1967-80 and who was given the rank of emeritus as history professor by the UP. Go did not mention a textbook used in Philippine colleges and universities since the 1960’s up to the present that is crammed with lies and errors that it is surprising why the book was approved as a textbook by education authorities. The many errors in Philippine textbooks used in the schools have been exposed by Mr.

A short history of the philippines teodoro agoncillo