{"product_id":"across-oceans-ron-gonzales-9798273418523","title":"Across Oceans: The Origins of the Filipino Diaspora, Volume I","description":"THE FILIPINO DIASPORA COLLECTION\u003cbr\u003eThe Filipino Diaspora Collection is a five-volume literary and historical odyssey tracing the Filipino journey across centuries, continents, and conditions of survival. It is at once a chronicle and confession - a portrait of a people who have turned migration into meaning and endurance into enlightenment.\u003cbr\u003eIt is written in the laughter of nurses in California, the songs of seafarers in the Atlantic, the classrooms of Toronto, and the bustling kitchens of Dubai. It is written in every letter, every phone call, every remittance, and every unspoken longing for home.\u003cbr\u003eEach volume of the \u003ci\u003eFilipino Diaspora Collection\u003c\/i\u003e explores a different dimension of this living history: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVolume I, \u003ci\u003eAcross Oceans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, traces the journey - from the galleon trade to the global workforce - that transformed Filipinos into citizens of the world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVolume II, \u003ci\u003eThe Filipino Identity Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, asks what it means to remain Filipino when surrounded by another culture, and how identity evolves across generations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVolume III, \u003ci\u003eExile and Influence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, remembers those who fought for justice and democracy far from home - proof that distance can sharpen rather than dull patriotism.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVolume IV, \u003ci\u003eRemittances and Realities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, reveals the economics of sacrifice, where love and labor sustain both families and nations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVolume V, \u003ci\u003eBridges of Bayanihan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, celebrates the unbreakable bonds of community that allow Filipinos to turn separation into solidarity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eEach volume stands as a complete narrative, yet together they form a single, evolving meditation on identity, faith, and freedom. Through reflective prose and grounded research, Ron Gonzales maps how Filipinos have built lives - and legacies - beyond the islands that birthed them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether, these volumes create a tapestry of struggle and survival - an epic of a people who refuse to vanish even when scattered by the winds of history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ron Gonzales\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798273418523\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.29d","brand":"Ron Gonzales","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801142767871,"sku":"9798273418523","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/across-oceans-ron-gonzales-9798273418523","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}