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Descending Dragon, Rising Tiger Vu Hong Lien

Descending Dragon, Rising Tiger By Vu Hong Lien

Descending Dragon, Rising Tiger by Vu Hong Lien


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In this comprehensive book, Vu Hong Lien and Peter Sharrock chronicle the vast sweep of the region's tumultuous past, from the Bronze Age to the present day.

Descending Dragon, Rising Tiger Summary

Descending Dragon, Rising Tiger: A History of Vietnam by Vu Hong Lien

Except for in terms of the Vietnam War, Vietnam's history remains significantly under-studied. In this comprehensive book, Vu Hong Lien and Peter Sharrock chronicle the vast sweep of the region's tumultuous past, from the Bronze Age to the present day. Historians writing about Vietnam have defined the country as either a ragged Chinese subordinate aspiring to a full 'Chinese' way of life, or as a rebel Chinese province defined entirely by its shaky relationship to its looming neighbour. Yet archaeological evidence now shows culturally distinct and technologically sophisticated human occupation in the region from 8,000 to 10,000 years ago. Unshackled from the confined histories of outsiders, imperial invaders and occupiers, the history of Vietnam is revealed as central to the cultural, political and ethnic development of Southeast Asia over the past millennia. With a scope unrivalled in previous accounts, Descending Dragon, Rising Tiger is a definitive history of the Vietnamese people, culture and nation.

About Vu Hong Lien

Vietnamese-British historian VU HONG LIEN has written widely on the history of Southeast Asia. PETER SHARROCK is Senior Teaching Fellow in the History of Art and Archeology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Additional information

GOR008185048
9781780233642
1780233647
Descending Dragon, Rising Tiger: A History of Vietnam by Vu Hong Lien
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Reaktion Books
2014-10-01
272
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