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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...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Vietnamese |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
2019.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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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"--Provided by publisher. |
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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 (308 pages): illustrations, maps ; |
| ISBN: | 9781684175970 |