| Other author/creator | Hémery, Daniel. |
| Other author/creator | Dill-Klein, Ly Lan. |
| Other author/creator | Jennings, Eric. |
| Other author/creator | Taylor, Nora A. |
| Other author/creator | Tousignant, Noemi. |
| Uniform title | Indochine: la colonisation ambiguë, 1858-1954. English |
| Series |
From Indochina to Vietnam: revolution and war in a global perspective ; 2
From Indochina to Vietnam: revolution and war in a global perspective ; 2. UNAUTHORIZED
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| Contents |
Foreword to the English-language edition -- Between India and China: at the crossroads of civilizations -- The colonial moment: the making of French Indochina, 1858-1897 -- The structures of domination -- Colonial capitalism and development, 1858-1940 -- Colonial society: the colonizers and the colonized -- Cultural transformations -- The impasses of colonial development -- Resistance, nationalism, and social movements, 1900-1939 -- The decline and fall of the French Empire in the Far East -- Land of lost opportunities: Indochina ablaze. |
| Abstract |
Combining new approaches with a groundbreaking historical synthesis, this is the most thorough and up-to-date general history of French Indochina available in English. Unique in its wide-ranging attention to economic, social, intellectual, and cultural dimensions, it is the first book to treat Indochina's entire history, from its inception to Cochinchina in 1858 to its crumbling at Dien Bien Phu in 1954 and on to decolonization. The authors tell this story from a perspective that is neither Eurocentric nor nationalistic but that carefully considers the positions of both the colonizers and the colonized. With this approach, they are able to move beyond descriptive history into rich exploration of the ambiguities and complexities of the French colonial period in Indochina.-- Back cover |
| General note | Translated from the French. |
| General note | "This English-language translation includes additions and updates to the second French edition." -- T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-466) and index. |
| ISBN | 9780520269743 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0520269748 (pbk.) |
