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Title: Understanding Vietnam by Neil L. Jamieson ISBN: 0-520-20157-4 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: March, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Understanding Vietnamese writers
Comment: I bought this hoping to learn more about the Vietnamese people and their history. I got bogged down with all the poetry and prose quoted by the writer. While he brushes off the importance of the battle of Dien Bien Phu in a couple of lines; he drones on quoting (translating) obscure Vietnamese writers until the reader becomes weary. His premise seems to be that if you understand some writer (who he thinks is interesting) and attach importance to what he said then you will understand Vietnam. His annoying treatment of Yin and Yang finally caused me to put the book down and look for another way to understand Vietnam. If you like words such as "efficacy" and "entropy" you will love this writer; if such words irritate you, give this book a pass.
Rating: 5
Summary: WOW
Comment: This book's focus on contemporary Vietnamese literary sources through the years makes it absolutely unique in the field. Its blend of straight history narrative and multiple-voice literature excerpts fleshes out Vietnamese society in a way that was sorely needed in the field. To those well-read in Asian studies: this book can almost be seen as a Vietnam analog to Patricia Ebrey's book "Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook," which is a collection of contemporary Chinese sources through history.
The history is instructive and concise, with little excess prose. Jamieson writes in an eminently readable style, and focuses on the most interesting events in order to keep the reader from being bored. He does a pretty good job of giving both Northern and Southern Vietnamese viewpoints, although he does focus a little more than would be preferable on South Vietnam, especially in the later parts of the book. The twentieth century chapters do a better job than almost any book on the market in focusing on the Vietnamese, rather than on the multi-decade war in which they fought.
My only complaint is that the extended yin/yang analogy used to explain societal trends was not very helpful. On the whole, though, I'm really impressed.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent!!! Very accurate!!! Must Read!!!!!!!!
Comment: I think this book is amazing! Jamieson accuately protrays Vietnam and Vietnamese culture through the eyes and views of the Vietnamese in a way never before written by a Westerner. He is articulate of the moods and feelings faceing the Vietnamese, well educated in the arts and literature of Vietnam, understands the importance to the core family structure, and scholarly in his research of what it means to be Vietnamese. I highly recommend this book if you want to understand the Vietnamese people who live in Vietnam, in the US, or anywhere...
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Title: Shadows and Wind: A View of Modern Vietnam by Robert Templer ISBN: 0140285970 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Vietnam, Now: A Reporter Returns by David Lamb ISBN: 1586481835 Publisher: PublicAffairs Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family by Duong Van Mai Elliott ISBN: 0195137876 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: Vietnam: A History by Stanley Karnow ISBN: 0140265473 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: June, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Vietnam (LONELY PLANET VIETNAM) by Mason Florence, Virginia Jealous ISBN: 1740593553 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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