Việt Nam
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Southeast Asia Series Editors: Elizabeth F. Collins and William H. Frederick
Việt Nam
Tradition and Change
Hữu Ngọc
Edited by Lady Borton and Elizabeth F. Collins
OHIO UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
SOUTHEAST ASIA SERIES NO. 128
OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS
ATHENS
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Text copyright © 2016 by Hữu Ngọc
Translations copyright © 2016 by Hữu Ngọc and Lady Borton
Foreword copyright © 2016 by Elizabeth F. Collins
Introduction, About the Vietnamese Language, A Chronology of Vietnamese History, Presentation of the Drawings, and Index copyright © 2016 by Lady Borton
Henri Oger’s Mechanics and Crafts of the Vietnamese People
copyright © 2016 by Olivier Tessier
Cover photograph © 2016 by Mary Pecaut
Cover design by Beth Pratt
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Hữu Ngọc, author. | Borton, Lady, editor. | Collins, Elizabeth Fuller, editor.
Title: Viet Nam : tradition and change / Huu Ngoc ; edited by Lady Borton and Elizabeth F. Collins.
Other titles: Research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; no. 128.
Description: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2016] | Series: Ohio University Research in International Studies Southeast Asia series ; no. 128 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016016840| ISBN 9780896803015 (hc : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780896803022 (pb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780896804937 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Vietnam—Civilization. | Vietnam—Social life and customs.
Classification: LCC DS556.42 .H877 2016 | DDC 959.7—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016016840
Table of Contents
Foreword by Elizabeth F. Collins
Introduction by Lady Borton
The Vietnamese: A Warlike People?
Are There Differences in the Mentality of Northern and Southern Vietnamese?
The Traditional Village: For and Against
The Traditional Vietnamese House
The Head and the Heart of the Traditional Village
The Four Facets of Vietnamese Culture
The Four Facets of Vietnamese Culture
Back to the Source in Southeast Asia
In Việt Nam, Rice is the Source of Life
The Lord of the Sacred Drum Finally Regains His Artefact
The Worship of Mother Goddesses
A Hyphen between Two Worlds: Indian and Chinese Influences