Download Sources of Vietnamese Tradition Introduction to Asian Civilizations George Dutton Jayne Werner John Whitmore 9780231138635 Books

Product details Series Introduction to Asian Civilizations Paperback 664 pages Publisher Columbia University Press (September 18, 2012) Language English ISBN-10 0231138636

Sources of Vietnamese Tradition Introduction to Asian Civilizations George Dutton Jayne Werner John Whitmore 9780231138635 Books Reviews

• The texts here are interesting and often very difficult (or impossible?) to find in English translation elsewhere, but the editors made a really odd decision in transliterating Vietnamese names to the basic English alphabet. There are many names that are similar, distinguished only by "Ä‘" or "ă," or even by tones (e.g. Hiến versus Hiển), and this text would render both as "Hien."
• Purchased for a student for her International Night Poster Presentation. Then I started to read it. I enjoyed it. Interesting reading.
• very nice a good book when one need to learn about vietnamese culture history
• What a pleasure to find a description of Vietnamese history that sticks to source material and has no political axe to grind! The excerpts from long-ago writers are mercifully brief and illustrate relevant issues that tell a classic story of the mountain and the sea, the white chicken and the golden turtle, the north and the south.
  
  The maps are superb, although I would have liked to see more maps such as shown in the Landmark edition of Herodotus. I liked the clarity of the modern pinyin spelling of Chinese names followed by their Vietnamese equivalents. The book helped me to appreciate the intertwined myth and non-fiction that is the ancient story of Vietnam. Although I found it at a bookstore, not at , I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in Vietnamese history.
• Great collection of official documents and literary excerpts which allow insight into the political and cultural developments in Vietnam. Their constant struggle for independence against foreign powers, culminating in the 30-years war. Should be required reading for all those interested in the history of SEA.
  
  The noticeable lacks were in the areas of early revolutions against the Chinese occupation and the Chinese option that it was a land of "disease and death" and a fitting place for exile.