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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Table of Contents:
- 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