A history of Bataan (1587-1900) scanning its geographic, social, political and economic terrain - Bascara, Cornelio R. 1950- (Manila UST Publishing House, 2010)
Bataan: the setting and its people -- The trailblazers -- Reduccion de Negros Monteses, or the Spanish attempts at Hispanizing the negritos of Bataan -- The bloody Samal mutiny, 1787 -- Cash-crops economy, 1788-1800 -- The spirit of community and rice production -- The response of the colonial government to the famine in Morong and Bagac, 1781-1782 -- "Junta clandestina y sediciosa" in Balanga, 1781 -- Kastila vs. Kastila, 1837 -- The principles: the founding fathers of Bataan towns and parishes -- Mabatang principales vs. Abucay principales -- The miracle years of the provincial economy, 1827-1896 -- Ventures into other industries -- 1896: subverting the provincial status quo -- A call to arms -- Famine, poverty and war.
Keywords: Bataan (Philippines : Province) -- History; Bataan (Philippines : Province) -- History -- 1587-1900.