From Colonial to Post-Colonial Rule
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- ISBN 9783631790908
- Weight: 317g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 31 Jul 2019
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Paperback
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This study is to analyze the transformation of the policies of different political systems for ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands (Vietnam) from French colonial rule to American warfare in the context of decolonization, cold-war politics, and attempts of national state formation. While substantial attention has been given to the pacification tactics, military campaigns, fighting took place in the hinterland battlefield; limited has been bestowed upon the domination strategies adopted over the Central Highlands during the period under review. This work goes one step further by examining the struggle of "the people-in-between" and interpreting policies of the actors those who fought terrible battles to gain the control, legitimize and stabilize their power in this contested space.
Nguyen Van Bac teaches modern history and cultural history of Vietnam at the University of Da Lat, Vietnam. He studied at the Faculty of Language, Literature, and Culture - Justus Liebig University Gießen, Germany. His areas of interest include Vietnamese history, Vietnamese cultural history, ethnology, and acculturation among Vietnam and Western countries
