Postcolonial Vietnam: New Histories of the National Past (Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society) by Pelley, Patricia M

Duke University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Duke University Press. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2002. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x9. First edition. Edge wear. 2002 Trade Paperback. x, 326 pp. New nations require new histories of their struggles for nationhood. Postcolonial Vietnam takes us back to the 1950s to see how official Vietnamese historians and others rethought what counted as history, what producing history entailed, and who should be included as participants and agents in the story. Beginning with government-appointed historians’ first publications in 1954 and following their efforts over the next thirty years, Patricia M. Pelley surveys this daunting process and, in doing so, opens a wide window on the historical forces and tensions that have gone into shaping the new nation of Vietnam. Although she considers a variety of sources—government directives, census reports, statistics, poetry, civic festivities, ethnographies, and museum displays—Pelley focuses primarily… Read More

Paperback. Very Good.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Duke Univ Pr, 2003. Paperback. New. 344 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Explores the relation between the pre-colonial and colonial past to the postcolonial present in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

Duke Univ Pr, 2003. Paperback. New. 344 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches.

Duke University Press Books, 2002-11-26. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!