This comprehensive work traces Viet Nam's history, a narrative of a multi-ethnic, multi-religious heritage, from ancient chiefdoms to imperial provinces, from independent kingdoms to contending regions, civil wars, French colonies, and modern republics.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Abbreviations
- Note on Spelling
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I: Chiefdoms
- Ch. 1 Water, Rice, and Bronze: Prehistoric Viet Nam
- Part II: Provinces
- Ch. 2 Calming the Waves: Imperial Conquest and Indigenization, 221 BCE-540 CE
- Ch. 3 Mountains and Rivers of the South: Annam and its Neighbors, 6th-10th Centuries
- Part III: Kingdoms
- Ch. 4 "Rice from the Sky": Assembling the Spirits of Dai Viet, 940-1340
- Ch. 5 Smooth-Flowing Waters of Government: The Triumph of Confucianism, 1340-1570
- Part IV: Regions
- Ch. 6 Contending Shogunates: Inner and Outer Regions, 1570-1770
- Ch. 7 Alternative Unifications: Rebellion and Restoration, 1771-1859
- Part V: Colonies
- Ch. 8 "World Trends" and French Conquest, 1860-1920
- Ch. 9 Writing and Revolution from Colonialism to Independence, 1920-1954
- Part VI: Republics
- Ch. 10 The American-Vietnamese War, 1954-1975
- Ch. 11 The Making of Contemporary Viet Nam, 1975-2015
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
