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Updated: May 6, 2025
Caciquism is the social and political prestige exercised by a local man or family. There are examples in America, where every village owns its leading citizen's and its leading citizen's wife's influence. Booth Tarkington has pictured an American cacique in "The Conquest of Canaan." Judge Pike is a cacique.
Aristocracy and "Caciquism" in the Philippines Poverty of the Filipino Poor Happiness in Spite of Poverty Virtual Slavery of the Rustics Their Loyalty to Their Employers Wages in Manila and in the Provinces Many Resources Possessed by the Upper Classes Chaffering for All Kinds of Produce Happiness Within the Reach of American Women if Employed American Women Safe in the Philippines After a Visit to America I Am Glad to Return to the islands.
She took me behind a door to tell me, and imparted the information in a whisper, as if she were afraid of condign punishment if overheard. "Money talks" in the Philippines just as blatantly as it does in the United States. In addition to the social halo imparted by its possession, there is a condition grown out of it, known locally as "caciquism."
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