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Viet Nam : borderless histories / edited by Nhung Tuyet Tran and Anthony J. S. Reid.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies.
- New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vietnamese reunification question (1954-1976).
- Vietnam--History.
- Vietnam.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 386 p. : ill., map.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- Moving beyond past histories of Viet Nam that have focused on nationalist struggle, this volume brings together work by scholars who are re-examining centuries of Vietnamese history. Crossing borders and exploring ambiguities, the essays in Viet Nam: Borderless Histories draw on international archives and bring a range of inventive analytical.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- A Note on Terminology/Transliteration
- Introduction: The Construction of Vietnamese Historical Identities
- 1. Research on the Vietnamese Village: Assessment and Perspectives
- Constructing Viet against a Hán World
- 2. Lê Van Huu and Ngô Si Liên: A Comparison of Their Perception of Vietnamese History
- 3. Chinese Gunpowder Technology and Dai Viet, ca. 1390-1497
- 4. Beyond the Myth of Equality: Daughters' Inheritance Rights in the Lê Code
- Southern Pluralities
- 5. The Eighteenth-Century Mekong Delta and Its World of Water Frontier
- 6. One Region, Two Histories: Cham Precedents in the History of the Hoi An Region
- 7. Transnationalism and Multiethnicity in the Early Nguyen Ánh Gia Long Period
- Rediscovering Vietnamese-European Encounters
- 8. Crossing Oceans, Crossing Boundaries: The Remarkable Life of Philiphê Binh (1759-1832)
- 9. Strangers in a Foreign Land: Vietnamese Soldiers and Workers in France during World War I
- 10. Recasting Pigneau de Béhaine: Missionaries and the Politics of French Colonial History, 1894-1914
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- OCLC:
- 607208016
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb08749 hdl
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