Vietnam Over the Long Twentieth Century
Becoming Modern, Going Global
Contributor(s)
Kelley, Liam C. (editor)
Sasges, Gerard (editor)
Language
EnglishAbstract
This open access book provides fascinating insights into the incredible changes that Vietnam underwent in the long twentieth century as it transformed from an early modern kingdom to a European colony, to a divided land with opposing ideologies, and to a unified country in a globalized world. At each stage in this long century of changes, there were Vietnamese who sought to mold their society into some vision of “modernity.” The book looks at multiple, rather than one form of modernity, and links those forms with the different political moments that Vietnam experienced, in tandem with the outside interlocutors that were maintained during those periods. As such, this book provides a holistic view of the many forms of modernity and their global links that can be found in Vietnam over the course of the long twentieth century. These multiple modernities are documented in this book, and the authors do so by bringing together the strengths of “traditional” language-based area studies scholarship with the insights that an awareness of trans-national and global perspectives provides. Relevant to historians and researchers in the broader arena of Southeast Asian studies with a particular interest in Vietnam—its journey from past to present—this book is a must-read engagement with a country that has undergone and continues to experience, rapid transformation.
Keywords
Twentieth-century Vietnamese history,; Modernization in Vietnam; History of colonial Vietnam; Vietnamese women; Printing in colonial Vietnam; Vietnam in the Cold War; Education in North and South Vietnam; Legal reform in Vietnam; Vietnamese contract workers in East GermanyDOI
10.1007/978-981-97-3611-9ISBN
9789819736119, 9789819736102, 9789819736119Publisher
Springer NaturePublisher website
https://www.springernature.com/gp/products/booksPublication date and place
Singapore, 2024Imprint
Springer Nature SingaporeSeries
Global Vietnam: Across Time, Space and Community,Classification
Asian history
History of education
Political science and theory
History: specific events and topics
Colonialism and imperialism
Politics and government
Gender studies, gender groups