A History of the Vietnamese
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Book Overview
The history of Vietnam prior to the nineteenth century is rarely examined in any detail. In this groundbreaking work, K. W. Taylor takes up this challenge, addressing a wide array of topics from the earliest times to the present day - including language, literature, religion, and warfare - and themes - including Sino-Vietnamese relations, the interactions of the peoples of different regions within the country, and the various forms of government adopted by the Vietnamese throughout their history. A History of the Vietnamese is based on primary source materials, combining a comprehensive narrative with an analysis which endeavours to see the Vietnamese past through the eyes of those who lived it. Taylor questions long-standing stereotypes and clich?s about Vietnam, drawing attention to sharp discontinuities in the Vietnamese past. Fluently written and accessible to all readers, this highly original contribution to the study of Southeast Asia is a landmark text for all students and scholars of Vietnam.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521699150
ISBN13:9780521699150
Release Date:June 2013
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:714 Pages
Weight:2.65 lbs.
Dimensions:1.6" x 6.4" x 9.5"
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Well written but biased
Published by Void , 1 year ago
I was given this book as a gift because I'm interested in learning about my culture's history. However this book provides little more than a chronological account of the transitions of rulers and nothing about the culture and it's development. Worst still the author asserts Chinese accounts as fact and dismisses the idea of pre modern Vietnamese identity outright. He doesn't even refer to the country with the Vietnamese titles. I wanted to like it but it's not really useful as an actual insight to what the development of the country was like.
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