Includes bibliographical references and index. Estremera, S., & OFW Global Movement (2017). Alab : The awakening of Filipino nationalism. San Francisco, CA : T'Boli Publishing and Distribution.

On the borders of different cultures -- Once the ice sheet had receded -- From the advent of Christianity to the Reformation -- Peaceful coexistence between Renaissance and Baroque -- From Rococo to Gustavian Neo-antique -- The achievements of autonomy -- The czar and the Hellas of the north -- The art world takes shape -- Finnishness -- What does a Finn look like? -- Holmberg and Dusseldorf -- The culmination of Romanticism and the challenges of Paris -- From dreams of an academy to a "palace of industry" -- The move away from historical painting -- Air, light, and wind -- A politicized review of sculpture -- From Neo-classicism to Realism -- Women make a breakthrough -- The soul and the eye's testimony -- Subjects lose ground -- The Kullervo of painting -- The search for atmosphere -- The end of the Arts Society's power -- The dream of Renaissance on the north -- Myths and their bards -- The search for a national identity -- Slaves or the masters of their own destiny -- Symbolism -- The preachers of a new Renaissance -- The romance of the Kalevala -- The tamer of frost and death -- Upheavals in society and art -- Artists and the first period of Russification -- Creating a synthesis -- Monumentalism and national melancholy -- A maid rising from the Baltic -- Turbulent society, benumbed art -- Theory and the liberation of color -- The lesson of the Autumn Salon -- The battles over Sallinen -- Septem and the November Group -- The intermezzo of Cubism -- Reflections of the Civil War -- Pride and prejudice in an independent land -- Discordant harmony -- The radicals of the Red Room -- The Torch-bearers -- The battle of the spirits -- From regression to new heights -- From the depths of the mind -- Opening up contracts -- Allegories of the republic -- War-time Karelianism -- Longing for internationalization -- The frenzy and metaphysics of expression -- The prism of structures -- The rejected angel -- Informalism -- The return of the figure -- Down the last stretch -- The power of the grid -- Art's triangle drama -- Stories change -- International exchanges -- Kiasma like a sculpture -- The bitch and her puppy -- Extrusion and space traps -- The natures of a sculpture

Part 1: The President by Stella A. Estremera -- For the people, by the people' for real -- Personal snippers -- The Mayor We Knw -- Behind the Iron Fist -- The Bookworm -- The Path of Substitution -- The Killing Fields -- The Mayor -- A Better Davao -- Destiny's Turn -- Treatment Worthy of a Hero -- Not Even a Year Yet -- Part 2: Stories from Supporters Worldwide -- Bahrain : Anna Liza Aranjuez -- Flordeliza L. Baluyot -- Bahrain Chapter Group Story -- Brunei : Lora Ferrer Ordonio -- Cayman Islands : Anglelita Costales -- China (PROC) : Althea Ori -- Grace C. Ostos -- Marites Cerna Bumongcag -- Melanie Herbilla -- Rachel Lanipa -- Jonathan Estabillo Marigsa -- Taiwan : Rodel Balana -- Robina Alburo -- Southern Taiwan Group Story -- Alma Orosido -- Joyce Tonido Legaspi -- France : Aibel Mangcawil Echague -- Germany : Christopher Gacasan -- Maria Villar Stibitzky -- Mercy Tata Unselt -- Iraq : Florentin Desesto Jr. -- Italy : Dennis Dinglasan -- Aurtenciano R. Miranda Jr. -- Ed Turingan -- Emelita Baluyot -- Vangie Datinguinoo Sones -- Japan : Diana Gioma Sugiyami -- Eduardo Omblero Guarin -- Saudi Arabia : Gerwin Sundungan -- Marilou Torrino -- Joel R. Morfe -- Kuwait : Julie Bautista Navarro -- Lebanon -- Ailyn Callenero -- Remy Borres Romina -- Malaysia -- Ethel Chavez -- OFWGME Board of Directors -- Gerlyn Acedo -- Arnel Corpuz -- George Requerme Jr. -- Conrado Ramos Cuizon -- Glen Magada -- Merilou Maume Escudero -- Sheryl Abella Palacios -- Leo Lauron -- Roy Tampos Nalliatan -- Mars Band - Philippines : Carrie Javier -- Emer Porto Nicanor -- Rainbow Vasquez -- Roy "RJ" Seneres, Jr. -- Qatar : Junnifer Albiso Suson -- Romania : Rouen Tiocson Reyes -- Singapore : Rogelio Barrozo -- Lota M. Namia -- Spain : Azenith Tonio -- Kathyrine Solivio Alaba -- Spain Chapter Group Story -- Thailand : Nelly Palpallatoc -- Turkey : Laureen Abella Alturkait -- UAE : Dubai Group Story -- Abu Dhabi Group Story -- USA : Joyce Trianatafidilis -- Jocelyn Bebeth B. Cambaya -- Rica Salazar Agpuon