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Poetic transformations : eighteenth-century cultural projects on the Mekong plains /
"In the eighteenth century, the Mekong plains were the site of convergence of multiple migratory groups with competing political ambitions. Drawing on Vietnamese and Chinese sources, this study identifies the ways in which two leading statesmen mobilized literature to effect the transformation...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Asia Center,
2019.
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| Colección: | Harvard East Asian monographs ;
419. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In the eighteenth century, the Mekong plains were the site of convergence of multiple migratory groups with competing political ambitions. Drawing on Vietnamese and Chinese sources, this study identifies the ways in which two leading statesmen mobilized literature to effect the transformation of the frontier region"-- |
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| Notas: | Based on the author's thesis, issued under the title: Statecraft on the margins : drama, poetry, and the civilizing mission in eighteenth-century southern Vietnam (Ph. D.--Cornell University, 2012). |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 291 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-279) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1684175976 9781684175970 |