Under Three Flags Pa

In this sparkling work, Benedict Anderson provides a compelling exploration of fin-de-siecle politics and culture that spans the Caribbean, Imperial Europe and the South China Sea. Anderson explores the impact of avant-garde European literature and politics on the great Filipino political novelist Jose Rizal and his contemporary, the pioneering folklorist Isabelo de los Reyes.Under Three Flagsis a brilliantly original work on the explosive history of national independence and global politics.

Benedict Anderson is Aaron L. Binenkorb Professor of International Studies Emeritus at Cornell University