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] ©2010 |
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 -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS |
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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. |