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Việt Nam, a history from earliest times to the present, Ben Kiernan

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Việt Nam, a history from earliest times to the present, Ben Kiernan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-586) and index

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mapsplatesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Việt Nam

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

956501986

Responsibility statement

Ben Kiernan

Sub title

a history from earliest times to the present

Summary

This comprehensive work traces Viet Nam's history, a narrative of a multi-ethnic, multi-religious heritage, from ancient chiefdoms to imperial provinces, from independent kingdoms to contending regions, civil wars, French colonies, and modern republics

Table Of Contents

Part One: Chiefdoms. Water, Rice, and Bronze: Prehistoric Việt Nam -- Part Two: Provinces. Calming the Waves: Imperial Conquest and Indigenization, 221 BCE-540 CE ; Mountains and Rivers of the Southern Kingdom: Annam and Its Neighbors, Sixth to Tenth Centuries -- Part Three: Kingdoms. "Rice from the Sky": Assembling the Spirits of Đại Việt, 940-1340 ; Smooth-Flowing Waters of Government: The Triumph of Confucianism, 1340-1570 -- Part Four: Regions. Inner and Outer Regions: Contending Shogunates, 1570-1770 ; Alternative Unifications: Rebellion and Restoration, 1771-1859 -- Part Five: Colonies. "World Trends" and French Conquest, 1860-1920 ; Writing and Revolution from Colonialism to Independence, 1920-54 -- Part Six: Republics. The American-Vietnamese War, 1954-75 ; The Making of Contemporary Việt Nam, 1975-2016Chiefdoms. Water, rice, and bronze : prehistoric Việt Nam -- Provinces. Calming the waves : imperial conquest and indigenization, 221 BCE-540 CE -- Mountains and rivers of the Southern Kingdom : Annam and its neighbors, sixth to tenth centuries -- Kingdoms. "Rice from the sky" : assembling the spirits of Đại Việt, 940-1340 -- Smooth-flowing waters of government : the triumph of Confucianism, 1340-1570 -- Regions. Inner and outer regions : contending shogunates, 1570-1770 -- Alternative unifications : rebellion and restoration, 1771-1859 -- Colonies. "World trends" and French conquest, 1860-1920 -- Writing and revolution from colonialism to independence, 1920-54 -- Republics. The American-Vietnamese War, 1954-75 -- The making of contemporary Việt Nam, 1975-2016

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Viet Nam, a history from earliest times to the present

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