Table of Contents

Series Foreword; Preface; Land, People, and Language; History and Institutions; Thought and Religion; Literature; Art and Architecture; Cuisine; Family, Marriage, Gender, and Youth Culture; Festivals and Leisure Activities; Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Index.

Promotional Information

The first general book in English on Vietnamese culture written by specialists.

About the Author

MARK W. MCLEOD is Associate Professor of History at the University of Delaware./e He is the author of The Vietnamese Response to French Intervention, 1862-1874 (Praeger, 1991).

NGUYEN THI DIEU, born in Vietnam, is Associate Professor of History at Temple University. She is the author of The Mekong River and the Struggle for Indochina: Water, War, and Peace (Praeger, 1999).

Reviews

.,."this book includes virtually everything that a student looking for information on Vietnam is likely to need."-VOYA

?...this book includes virtually everything that a student looking for information on Vietnam is likely to need.?-VOYA

?[C]oncise and excellent guide to Vietnamese culture, both past and present....this work is a valuable and unique contribution to popular Vietnamese studies.?-American Reference Books Annual

?Finding postwar material is not always easy as our nation is still uncertain about uncovering wounds we'd rather forget, but we find this book to be an essential part of a high school's collection on South East Asia.?-Blanche Woolls & David Loertscher (GaleGroup.com)

"�C�oncise and excellent guide to Vietnamese culture, both past and present....this work is a valuable and unique contribution to popular Vietnamese studies."-American Reference Books Annual

..."this book includes virtually everything that a student looking for information on Vietnam is likely to need."-VOYA

"[C]oncise and excellent guide to Vietnamese culture, both past and present....this work is a valuable and unique contribution to popular Vietnamese studies."-American Reference Books Annual

"Finding postwar material is not always easy as our nation is still uncertain about uncovering wounds we'd rather forget, but we find this book to be an essential part of a high school's collection on South East Asia."-Blanche Woolls & David Loertscher (GaleGroup.com)