Culture and Customs of Vietnam: (Culture and Customs of Asia) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Mark W. Mcleod, Nguyen Thi Dieu
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Category: Book
Buy New: $45.33
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 708630
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0313304858
Dewey Decimal Number: 959.7
EAN: 9780313304859
ASIN: 0313304858
Publication Date: June 30, 2001
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Product Description
Vietnam is increasingly opening up to the West, and society is in flux between tradition and modernity, and socialism and capitalism. Americans have distanced themselves from the Vietnam War now, and Culture and Customs of Vietnam fills a need to learn about the country, which has also evolved. Readers will find that this is the only general book on Vietnamese culture in English written by specialists. McLeod and Nguyen, historians specializing in Vietnam engagingly show the various forces of Vietnamese culture in narrative chapters on the land, people, and language; history and institutions; thought and religion; literature; art and architecture; cuisine; family, marriage, gender, and youth culture; festivals and leisure activities, and performing arts.
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 Rif-off July 23, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The history was fine, but the illustrations were horrible. Since the little book was $55, I assumed the inflated price was because it contained some beautiful, colored pictures. They were so dark that I couldn't even see what the picture was about. I had intended to buy the whole series, but I couldn't even see how that book went through the publisher, the quality was so inferior.
 Great overview of Vietnamese history and culture. June 1, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Written by a husband and wife team, with years of experience in Vietnam and its culture, this well developed text provides a detailed look at most of the major areas of Vietnamese culture and customs. Topic areas covered include Vietnamese history, cultural impacts of war and occupation, religion, literature, architecture, food and cuisine, family culture, festivals, and the arts. I would heartily recommend this book to families who have adopted from Vietnam - AdoptVietnam.org - or for anyone who is interested in a more complete understanding of Vietnam and its people.
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