Vietnam : a new history / Christopher Goscha.
"Vietnam's role in one of the Cold War's longest-running conflicts has meant that its past has been endlessly abused. Popular accounts have cherry-picked from the Vietnamese past to tell politicized, American-centered stories--either reducing the story of Vietnam and the Vietnamese to a noble tradition of anticolonial resistance embodied by the communist leader Ho Chi Minh, or alternatively seeking to rehabilitate American allies by making similarly essentialist claims about "the Vietnamese" and their history. Now, over forty years after the end of the American war in Vietnam, the events which created the modern state of Vietnam can be seen in truly historical perspective. Christopher Goscha tells the story of this fascinating and complex country on its own terms, emphasizing the contingency that characterizes Vietnam's history and the diversity of its people, polities, geography, and experiences as both colonized and colonizers"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780465094363
- ISBN: 0465094368
- Physical Description: xiv, 553 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 1 Northern Configurations 12 -- 2 A Divided House and a French Imperial Meridian? 45 -- 3 Altered States 73 -- 4 Rethinking Vietnam 94 -- 5 Failure of Colonial Republicanism 123 -- 6 Colonial Society and Economy 150 -- 7 Contesting Empires and Nation-states 182 -- 8 States of War 211 -- 9 Internationalized States of War 237 -- 10 A Tale of Two Republics 273 -- 11 Toward One Vietnam 304 -- 12 Cultural Change in the Long Twentieth Century 340 -- 13 Tragedy and the Rise of Modern Vietnam 372 -- 14 Vietnam from Beyond the Red River 404.
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- Subject:
- Vietnam > History.
Vietnam > Colonization.
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- 5 of 6 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | 959.7 GOS (Text) | 36015000695417 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
