Poetic Transformations : : Eighteenth-Century Cultural Projects on the Mekong Plains / / Claudine Ang
"In the eighteenth century, the Mekong plains were the site of convergence of multiple migratory groups with competing political ambitions. Drawing on Vietnamese and Chinese sources, this study identifies the ways in which two leading statesmen mobilized literature to effect the transformation...
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| Superior document: | Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 419 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2019. Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2019. |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English Vietnamese |
| Series: | Harvard East Asian Monographs ;
419. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 291 pages) :; illustrations, maps ; |
| Notes: | Based on the author's thesis, issued under the title: Statecraft on the margins : drama, poetry, and the civilizing mission in eighteenth-century southern Vietnam ( Ph. D.--Cornell University, 2012). |
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| Other title: | Eighteenth-Century Cultural Projects on the Mekong Plains |
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| Summary: | "In the eighteenth century, the Mekong plains were the site of convergence of multiple migratory groups with competing political ambitions. Drawing on Vietnamese and Chinese sources, this study identifies the ways in which two leading statesmen mobilized literature to effect the transformation of the frontier region"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-279) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1684175976 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Claudine Ang |