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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherTRANS Pacific Press
ISBN-101920901051
ISBN-139781920901059
eBay Product ID (ePID)46465393
Product Key Features
Number of Pages456 Pages
Publication NameSearching for Vietnam : Selected Writings on Vietnamese Culture and Society
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAsia / Southeast Asia
Publication Year2005
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaHistory
AuthorA. Terry Rambo
SeriesKyoto Area Studies on Asia Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight30.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2005-283377
Dewey Edition22
Series Volume Number9
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal959.7
SynopsisThis volume brings together within a single set of covers much of what the author has written about Vietnam over the past forty years. The study comprises five topical sections, including cultural history, religion, and cultural ecology; the impact of the war on South Vietnamese society; and Vietnam's development prospects., Volume 9 of the Kyoto Area Studies on Asia brings together the author's selected writings about Vietnam from the past forty years. The book opens with an autobiographical account of his history as a Vietnam researcher that sets each of the selections into the context of the time and situation in which it was written. The writings are grouped into five topical sections: cultural history, religion, and cultural ecology; the Vietnamese village; the impact of the war on South Vietnamese society; Vietnam's development prospects in the its reform period; and problems of development in Vietnam's mountains.