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Window on a War: An Anthropologist in the Vietnam Conflict (Modern Southeast Asia Series)
Gerald C. Hickey
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Description for Window on a War: An Anthropologist in the Vietnam Conflict (Modern Southeast Asia Series)
Hardcover. When the author went to Vietnam in 1956 to complete his PhD in anthropology, he didn't realize he would be there for most of the next eighteen years through the entire Vietnam War. He worked with the country folk of the Mekong Delta for several years. This title presents the studies of these independent, brave, and misunderstood people. Series: Modern Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 395 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 175 x 36. Weight in Grams: 744.
When Gerald Hickey went to Vietnam in 1956 to complete his Ph.D. in anthropology, he didn't realize he would be there for most of the next eighteen years through the entire Vietnam War. After working with the country folk of the Mekong Delta for several years, in 1963 Hickey was recruited by the Rand Corporation, which was contracted by the U.S. government to study and report on the highland tribes. From the buildup to war, when mountain tribes people still lived in longhouses and cut and burned brush to clear fields for nice, to near the end of the conflict, ... Read more
When Gerald Hickey went to Vietnam in 1956 to complete his Ph.D. in anthropology, he didn't realize he would be there for most of the next eighteen years through the entire Vietnam War. After working with the country folk of the Mekong Delta for several years, in 1963 Hickey was recruited by the Rand Corporation, which was contracted by the U.S. government to study and report on the highland tribes. From the buildup to war, when mountain tribes people still lived in longhouses and cut and burned brush to clear fields for nice, to near the end of the conflict, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Condition
New
Series
Modern Southeast Asia Series
Number of Pages
395
Place of Publication
Texas, United States
ISBN
9780896724907
SKU
V9780896724907
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