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Sources of Vietnamese Tradition
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Description for Sources of Vietnamese Tradition
Hardback. Editor(s): Werner, Jayne; Whitmore, John K.; Dutton, George. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. Num Pages: 664 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 454.
Sources of Vietnamese Tradition provides an essential guide to two thousand years of Vietnamese history and a comprehensive overview of the society and state of Vietnam. Strategic selections illuminate key figures, issues, and events while building a thematic portrait of the country's developing territory, politics, culture, and relations with neighbors. The volume showcases Vietnam's remarkable independence in the face of Chinese and other external pressures and respects the complexity of the Vietnamese experience both past and present. The anthology begins with selections that cover more than a millennium of Chinese dominance over Vietnam (111 B.C.E.-939 C.E.) and follows with ... Read more
Sources of Vietnamese Tradition provides an essential guide to two thousand years of Vietnamese history and a comprehensive overview of the society and state of Vietnam. Strategic selections illuminate key figures, issues, and events while building a thematic portrait of the country's developing territory, politics, culture, and relations with neighbors. The volume showcases Vietnam's remarkable independence in the face of Chinese and other external pressures and respects the complexity of the Vietnamese experience both past and present. The anthology begins with selections that cover more than a millennium of Chinese dominance over Vietnam (111 B.C.E.-939 C.E.) and follows with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
664
Condition
New
Series
Introduction to Asian Civilizations
Number of Pages
664
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231138628
SKU
V9780231138628
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About Dutton
George E. Dutton is associate professor of Southeast Asian languages and cultures and vice chair of the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research focuses on social movements, historiographical issues, and colonial culture and education, and he is the author of The Tay So'n Uprising: Society and Rebellion in Eighteenth-Century Vietnam. ... Read more
Reviews for Sources of Vietnamese Tradition
[Sources of Vietnamese Tradition] will be indispensable for students interested in Vietnamese society and political theory... Essential. Choice This addition to the venerable Introduction to Asian Civilizations series marks a major step in the maturation of Vietnam Studies in the American academy. Foreign Affairs This is an excellent volume that fills a long-standing need for English-language translations of primary documents ... Read more