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Viet Nam: Tradition and Change
Contributor(s): Huu Ngoc (Author)
ISBN: 0896803023     ISBN-13: 9780896803022
Publisher: Ohio University Press
OUR PRICE:   $28.66  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia - Southeast Asia
- Social Science | Essays
Dewey: 959.7
LCCN: 2016016840
Series: Ohio Ris Southeast Asia
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (1.15 lbs) 386 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Southeast Asian
- Ethnic Orientation - Vietnamese
 
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Named a Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title for 2017

During his twenty-year tenure as a columnist for Việt Nam News, H Nội's English-language newspaper, Hữu Ngọc charmed and invigorated an international readership hungry for straightforward but elegant entrees into understanding Vietnamese culture. The essays were originally collected in the massive Wandering through Vietnamese Culture. With Viet Nam: Tradition and Change, Ohio University Press presents a selection from these many treasures, which are perfectly suited to students of Vietnamese culture and travelers seeking an introduction to the country's rich history, culture, and daily life.

With extraordinary linguistic ability and a prodigious memory, Hữu Ngọc is among Việt Nam's keenest observers of and writers about traditional Vietnamese culture and recent history. The author's central theme--that all tradition is change through acculturation--twines through each of the book's ten sections, which contain Hữu Ngọc's ideas on Vietnamese religion, literature, history, exemplary figures, and more. Taken on its own, each brief essay is an engaging discussion of key elements of Vietnamese culture and the history of an issue confronting Việt Nam today.