Red hills : migrants and the state in the highlands of Vietnam
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Red hills : migrants and the state in the highlands of Vietnam
（Nordic Institute of Asian Studies monograph series, no. 93）
NIAS Press, 2003
Available at 6 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Several million rural inhabitants of Vietnam's northern deltas made the decision to move during the 20th century, many in response to policy decisions taken in Hanoi. They sought new homes in the country's highlands. Their decisions and the settlements they created had wide-ranging effects on their home communities and on the people and environment of their destinations. The book offers an historical analysis of the political economy of migration, stimulated by the French colonial and independent socialist states and shows how socialist policies in particular changed the faces of the highlands as settlers from the plains turned the hills 'red'.
Placing people's experiences in the context of government policy and national history, this book explores their anticipations, difficulties, achievements and disappointments, highlighting the geopolitical importance of the highlands. It can be read as a contribution to migration studies in Southeast Asia, but also as a grassroots history of 20th-century Vietnam. Written in a lively reading style and illustrated by numerous maps and photographs, this study promises to become a classic in Vietnamese historical studies.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Abbreviations Notes on Vietnamese Measurements and Names Prologue - Twentieth Century Itineraries Introduction: 1 - The Road to Bo Ra: Portrait of a Highland Frontier Part I - Attached to the Village? Policy & Practice of Migration, 1906-45 2 - Policy 3 - Practice 4 - Peasants Attached to Villages Part II - Detached from their Villages? War & Migration, 1945-54 5 - Red Hills, Green Forest Part III - Go & Build a New Village! Practice & Policy of Migration, 1954-89 6 - Deciding 7 - Moving 8 - Settling 9 - Policy Part IV - Beyond Policy? The Practice of Free Migration, 1986-98 10 - Free Migrants to the Upland Frontier Conclusion Appendix Statistical Essay Bibliography Glossary Cast of Characters
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