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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Samuel Sillien, a Marxist literary critic, founded Mainstream magazine, which had been called "New Masses", an organ of the Communist Party of America, as a means to publish Communist ideas through the literary world. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Flags of the Philippines, Flag of the Philippines, Flags of the Philippine Revolution, Flags of the Philippine Provinces, Delfina Herbosa de Natividad, Flag of Bohol, Naval Jack of the Philippines. Excerpt: The National Flag of the Philippines (Tagalog: ) is a horizontal bicolour with equal bands of Royal blue and Scarlet red, and with a white equilateral triangle at the hoist; in the centre of the triangle is a golden yellow sun with eight primary rays, each containing three individual rays; and at each vertex of the triangle is a five-pointed golden yellow star. This flag is unique in that it can indicate a state of war depending on the manner in which it is displayed. The flag's length is twice its width, which translates into an aspect ratio of 1:2. The length of all the sides of the white triangle are equal to the width of the flag. Each star is oriented in such manner that one of its tips points towards the vertex at which it is located. Construction sheet of the Philippine flag. The flag's colours are specified by Republic Act 8491 in terms of their cable number in the system developed by the Color Association of the United States. The official colours and their approximations in other colour spaces are listed below: The Philippines does not utilise a separate war flag; instead, the national flag itself is used for this purpose. This flag is unique in the sense that it can indicate a state of war when the red field is displayed on top, or on the observer's left when the flag is displayed vertically (i.e., with the white equilateral triangle at the top). In times of peace, however, the blue area is the superior field (as seen in the above illustrations). Historical examples of this wartime reversal in orientation are during the Revolut... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=246996 ... Read more