Preface Introduction: The Historical Background to the Founding of the Nguyen Dynasty, 1428-1802 Vietnam and the West, 1802-1858 The Franco-Spanish Invasion and the Treaty of Sai-gon, 1858-1862 The Hue Court and the Southern Nghia-Quan, 1862-1868 The Hue Court and Anti-Catholic Activism, 1862-1868 Hue's Policy of Peace and the "Francis Garnier Affair," 1873-1874 Selected Bibliography Index
Mark McLeod goes beyond studies that only analyze the conflict from primarily French sources. McLeod studies the renaissance of historical writing that followed the political independence in Vietnam and presents the Vietnamese view of the 19th century colonization.
MARK W. McLEOD is Assistant Professor in History at Gonzaga University.
?McLeod's study attempts to compensate for what the author calls a
"Franco-centric" interpretive bias in the literature on
19th-century Vietnamese history, by "confronting" existing accounts
with the information contained in official Vietnamese government
documents of the time. His larger aim is to provide a detailed
account of events in the years 1862 to 1874, a comparatively
neglected period during which crucial decisions by both Vietnamese
and French leaders did much to determine the character and the
outcome of French colonial policy in Vietnam.... Most appropriate
for graduate students and specialists in 19th-century Vietnamese
history, but sophisticated undergraduates should also be able to
profit from the book.?-Choice
"McLeod's study attempts to compensate for what the author calls a
"Franco-centric" interpretive bias in the literature on
19th-century Vietnamese history, by "confronting" existing accounts
with the information contained in official Vietnamese government
documents of the time. His larger aim is to provide a detailed
account of events in the years 1862 to 1874, a comparatively
neglected period during which crucial decisions by both Vietnamese
and French leaders did much to determine the character and the
outcome of French colonial policy in Vietnam.... Most appropriate
for graduate students and specialists in 19th-century Vietnamese
history, but sophisticated undergraduates should also be able to
profit from the book."-Choice
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