| Series |
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. ^A593434
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| Contents |
Rethinking Vietnamese Republicanism / Nu-Anh Tran and Tuong Vu -- A Republican Moment in the Study of Modern Vietnam / Peter Zinoman -- Early Republicans' Concept of the Nation: Tr̐u̐uan Tr̐uong Kim and Vi̐u̐uet Nam s̐u l̐u̐uc / Nguy̐u̐uen, L̐u̐ung H̐uai Kh̐uoi -- The Self-Reliant Literary Group and Colonial Republicanism in the 1930s / Martina Thucnhi Nguyen -- Tr̐u̐uan V̐uan T̐uung's Vision of a New Nationalism for a New Vietnam / Yen Vu -- How Democratic Should Vietnam Be? The Constitutional Transition of 1955-1956 and the Debate on Democracy / Nu-Anh Tran -- Personalism, Liberal Capitalism, and the Strategic Hamlet Campaign / Duy Lap Nguyen -- "They Eat the Flesh of Children" : Migration, Resettlement, and Sectionalism in South Vietnam, 1954-1957 / Jason A. Picard -- Creating the National Library in Saigon : Colonial Legacies, Republican Visions, and Reading Publics, 1946-1958 / Cindy Nguyen -- Striving for the Quintessence : Building a New Identity of National Literature Based on Creative Freedom / Ho̐uang Phong Tu̐u̐uan and Nguy̐u̐uen Th̐ui Minh -- When State Propaganda Becomes Social Knowledge / Y Thien Nguyen. |
| Abstract |
"Western observers have long considered communism to be synonymous with Vietnam's modern historical experience. Eager to make sense of the North Vietnamese victory in the Vietnam War, scholars and journalists have spilled much ink on the history of Vietnamese communists. But this preoccupation has obscured the diversity of ideas and experiences that defined Vietnam in the twentieth century, in which communism represented just one of many tendencies. Building a Republican Nation in Vietnam, 1920-1963, posits that republicanism shaped modern Vietnam no less profoundly than communism. Republicans championed representative government, the universal rights of man, civil liberties, and the primacy of the nation. These ideas infused the thinking of Vietnamese reformers, dissidents, and revolutionaries from the 1900s onward, including many men and women who went on to lead the struggle for independence. Republicanism was also one of the chief inspirations for the establishment of the Republic of Vietnam (also known as South Vietnam) in 1955. This interdisciplinary volume brings together eleven essays by historians, political scientists, literary scholars, and sociologists, who make use of fresh sources to study the development of republicanism from the colonial period to the First Republic of Vietnam (1955-1963). The introduction by coeditors Nu-Anh Tran and Tuong Vu critically analyzes the existing scholarship on the First Republic, explains how the concept of republicanism can illuminate developments in the Saigon-based state, and situates the regime in a comparative context with South Korea. Collectively, the essays give voice to Vietnamese republicans, from the ideas they espoused to the institutions they built and the legacies they left behind"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Papers from a conference on Republican Vietnam, held at the University of Oregon, October 14-15, 2019. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-246) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Building a republican nation in Vietnam, 1920-1963. Honolulu : University of Hawai̐ui Press, [2023] 9780824893835 |
| Genre/form | Conference papers and proceedings. |
| LCCN | 2022038388 |
| ISBN | 9780824892111 |
| ISBN | 0824892119 |
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| ISBN | (kindle edition) |
