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ISBN10: 0190053798, ISBN13: 9780190053796, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. For many Westerners, the name Vietnam evokes images of a bloody televised American war that generated a firestorm of protest and brought conflict into their living rooms. In his sweeping account, Ben Kiernan broadens this vision by narrating the rich history of the peoples who have inhabited the land now known as Viet Nam over the past three thousand years. Despite the tragedies of the American-Vietnamese conflict, Viet Nam has always beenmuch more than a war. Its long history had been characterized by the frequent rise and fall of different political formations, from ancient chiefdoms to imperial provinces, from independent kingdoms todivided regions, civil wars, French colonies, and modern republics. In addition to dramatic political transformations, the region has been shaped by its environment, changing climate, and the critical importance of water, with rivers, deltas, and a long coastline facilitating agricultural patterns, trade, and communications. Kiernan weaves together the many narrative strands of Viet Nam's multi-ethnic populations, including the Chams, Khmers, and Vietnamese, and itsmulti-religious heritage, from local spirit cults to Buddhism, Confucianism, and Catholicism. He emphasizes the peoples' interactions over the millennia with foreigners, particularly their neighbors inChina and Southeast Asia, in engagements ranging ...
ISBN10: 0190053798, ISBN13: 9780190053796, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover Book is in Used-LikeNew condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear. [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2019]
ISBN10: 0190053798, ISBN13: 9780190053796, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2019]
ISBN10: 0190053798, ISBN13: 9780190053796, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover Book is in NEW condition. [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2019]
ISBN10: 0190053798, ISBN13: 9780190053796, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within [Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2019]
ISBN10: 0190053798, ISBN13: 9780190053796, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover Like New condition. Great condition, but not exactly fully crisp. The book may have been opened and read, but there are no defects to the book, jacket or pages. [Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2019]
ISBN10: 0190053798, ISBN13: 9780190053796, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published [Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2019]
ISBN10: 0190053798, ISBN13: 9780190053796, [publisher: OUP USA 2019-04-02, New York] Softcover Language: ENG [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2019]
ISBN10: 0190053798, ISBN13: 9780190053796, [publisher: OUP USA 2019-04-02, New York] Softcover Language: ENG [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2019]
Oxford University Press, USA 2019 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 656 p.
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