Nguyen Cochinchina: Southern Vietnam in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (Studies on Southeast Asia) - Softcover

Tana, Li

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0877277222 ISBN 13: 9780877277224

Publisher: Southeast Asia Program Publications, 1998

Synopsis

In this historical reassessment of southern Vietnam and its distinct culture, Li Tana illuminates the resourceful qualities of the Dong Trong pioneers, develops a meticulous analysis of the Nguyen trade and taxation systems, and, in the process, redefines the chief cause of the Tay Son rebellion. Li Tana's study focuses on the socio-economics of Nguyen Cochinchina, such as: the role of foreign merchants, the region's trading economy, demographic influences, religious and cultural values, how Nguyen rule affected Vietnamese settlers, relationships with uplanders, and processes of localization and identity formation.

About this title

About the Author:

Li Tana is a senior fellow at the College of Asia and Pacific Studies, the Australian National University. Her works includes The Nguyen Cochinchina, from Cornell, and co-editor of Water Frontier: Commerce and the Chinese in the Lower Mekong Region, 1750-1880, Gulf of Tongking Through History, and Anthony Reid and the Study of the Southeast Asian Past.

Review:

"LiTana has contributed an important and well-researched work to Vietnamese studies. She has delved into topics previously poorly understood..." --H-Asia Book Review

“...a splendid contribution to the understanding of an important but little known aspect of Southeast Asian history. --Crossroads

"important contribution to our understanding of a very crucial period in Vietnamese history....She critiques some of the existing assumptions..." --JESHO

About this edition

• Publisher: Southeast Asia Program Publications
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0877277222
• ISBN 13: 9780877277224
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 194