Days of Sadness, Years of Triumph

By Geoffrey Perrett

Book Overview

Moving beyond past histories of Viet Nam that have focused on nationalist struggle, this volume brings together work by scholars who are re-examining centuries of Vietnamese history. Crossing borders and exploring ambiguities, the essays in Viet Nam: Borderless Histories draw on international archives and bring a range of inventive analytical approaches to the global, regional, national, and local narratives of Vietnamese history. Among the topics explored are the extraordinary diversity between north and south, lowland and highland, Viet and minority, and between colonial, Chinese, Southeast Asian, and dynastic influences. The result is an exciting new approach to Southeast Asia's past that uncovers the complex and rich history of Viet Nam.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299103943
• ISBN13: 9780299103941
• Release Date: November 1985
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Comprehensive AND engaging!

This is one of the best WWII social histories I've read (and I've read a few since I am grad student studying society during WWII). It is thorough, covers a variety of topics, and is engagingly written. A must for any history buff or student of WWII.

An exceptionally good find.

In doing research on life in the United States and events leading to World War II, I stumbled upon this book. The details and the varied information in this book leaves me thinking that Mr. Perrett's work is a marvelous achievement. I was between 8 and 12 during World War II, and no work I have seen better covers these war years on the homefront.