Viet Nam : tradition and change / Hữu Ngọc ; edited by Lady Borton and Elizabeth F. Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ngọc, Hữu, author.

Contributor:

Borton, Lady, editor.

Collins, Elizabeth Fuller, editor.

Series:

Research in international studies. Southeast Asia series.

Ohio University Research in International Studies Southeast Asia

Language:

English

Vietnamese

Subjects (All):

Manners and customs.

Civilization.

Vietnam--Civilization.

Vietnam.

Vietnam--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (387 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2016.

Summary:

An accessible and erudite primer on Vietnamese history and culture from one of Việt Nam's finest minds.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; The Vietnamese Identity; The Four Facets of Vietnamese Culture; Việt Nam's Confucian Heritage; Buddhism in Việt Nam; Exemplary Vietnamese; Vietnamese Literature: An Expression of the Nation's Spirit; Vietnamese Landscape and the Vietnamese Spirit; Vietnamese Women and Change; Đổi Mới (Renovation or Renewal) and Globalization; Appendices; Vietnamese; A Chronology of Vietnamese History; Henri Oger's Mechanics and Craftsof the Vietnamese People (1909):Sketches of Hanoians' Vibrant Life; Oger Drawings; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780896804937

0896804933

OCLC:

960495034