Vietnam and the West / / ed. by Wynn Wilcox.

This sound interpretation of Vietnamese cultural attitudes contends that a major reason for American difficulties in Viet-Nam has been the failure to appreciate how wide the gulf is between Viet-Nam and the West. Professor Smith first describes Vietnamese political and social traditions and shows ho...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2010]
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Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
TABLE OF CONTENTS --
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
INTRODUCTION: THE CO-FIGURATION OF VIETNAM AND THE WEST --
PART I.PRECOLONIAL ENCOUNTERS (TO 1862) --
THE RISE OF CHRISTIAN NOM LITERATURE IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY VIETNAM: FUSING EUROPEAN CONTENT AND LOCAL EXPRESSION --
JEAN MARIE DESPIAU: UNJUSTLY MALIGNED PHYSICIAN IN THE MEDICAL SERVICE OF THE NGUYEN --
DANG DUC TUAN AND THE COMPLEXITIES OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY VIETNAMESE CHRISTIAN IDENTITY --
PART II.FRENCH AND AMERICAN ENCOUNTERS (1862-1975) --
MORE THAN HALF THE SKY: VIETNAMESE WOMEN AND ANTI-FRENCH POLITICAL ACTIVISM, 1858-1945 --
PERSUADING THE ENEMY: VIETNAMESE APPEALS TO NON- WHITE FORCES OF OCCUPATION, 1945-1975 --
THE PARADOX OF WESTERN-STYLE TRADE UNIONISM IN SOUTH VIETNAM --
THE SEARCH FOR A THIRD FORCE IN VIETNAM: FROM THE QUIET AMERICAN TO THE PARIS PEACE AGREEMENT --
PART III.RECENT ENCOUNTERS (1975-PRESENT) --
AGENT ORANGE, VIETNAM, AND THE UNITED STATES: BLURRING THE BOUNDARIES --
STRATEGIC WATERS, TRAGIC WATERS: WATER PRIVATIZATION IN VIETNAM --
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Summary:This sound interpretation of Vietnamese cultural attitudes contends that a major reason for American difficulties in Viet-Nam has been the failure to appreciate how wide the gulf is between Viet-Nam and the West. Professor Smith first describes Vietnamese political and social traditions and shows how they were challenged by the West after 1858. He examines Viet-Nam's search for independence and modernization in the first half of this century, contrasts the two governments of the partitioned country during the years 1954-1963, and stresses the critical need to reassess attitudes toward Viet-Nam. His sophisticated, ambitious survey of Viet-Nam history will have a lasting value that sets it apart from the scores of ephemeral books on this country.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781501711640
9783110649772
9783110536157
DOI:10.7591/9781501711640
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Wynn Wilcox.