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Paganism; acknowledgment of Christian prayer by, 231
Buguias as modern center of, 2 , 227 -228, 237
contempt for outward trappings of wealth, 222 -223
and contraception, 174
criticism of Christianity, 240
future of, 232
grounds for belief, 76 -77
ideology and economics, 7 , 73 , 213 -219, 238 -239, 241
particularism, 223
and redistribution, 78
and theories of disease, 61
variations within, 239 -240
See also Ancestor worship; Religion; Rituals
Pagan priest (mambunung ), 60 -62, 229
Pangasinan, 91
Pasture management, 31 -34
See also Animal husbandry
Peas, 97 , 133 , 189
Peasantry. See Social formation
Periodic markets: and decline of Buguias Central, 140
new development, 189
and road development, 143
Pesticides. See Agricultural chemicals
Polanyi, Karl, 9
Political ecology, 7 -8, 247
Political geography, 14 -15
and rivalries within Buguias, 206
and road construction, 191
and social conflict, 194
Politics: campaigns and social class, 207
local organization, 205 -207
and 1986 election, 211
position of women, 150
See also Political geography; NPA; Social conflict
Population: growth trends, 171 -172
local attitudes toward growth, 172 -173
prewar patterns, 42 -43
Potatoes, 95 , 119 , 126 -127, 132
Prestige feast, graded (Pedit ), 65 -66,
207 , 215 -219, 237
See also Paganism; Rituals
Protestant churches, 219 -220, 231