Pre-communist Indochina
By: R.B. Smith ; edited by Beryl Williams.
Contributors: Williams, Beryl, 1940-
Series: Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia -- 52
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780415468053
Subjects: Indochina -- History; Vietnam -- History
Description: This text explores the history of pre-communist Indochina, from the 1300s to the 1940s. It provides a full account of the forces that shaped its development, including China - an important military, commercial and cultural influence - European colonialism, and the development of nationalism in response to colonial rule.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Contrasting political, social and intellectual perspectives : a comparison of Vietnam and England in the fourteenth century; title: England and Vietnam in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries : an essay in historical comparison; title: Thailand and Vietnam : some thoughts towards a comparative historical analysis; title: The cycle of Confucianization in Vietnam; title: South East Asian polities in global perspective, 1590-1800; title: The development of opposition to French rule in Southern Vietnam, 1880-1940; title: An introduction to Caodaism : origins and early history; title: An introduction to Caodaism : beliefs and organization; title: Bui Quang Chieu and the Constitutionalist Party in French Cochinchina, 1917-30; title: The Vietnamese elite of French Cochinchina, 1943.