A maritime Vietnam : from earliest times to the nineteenth century
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A maritime Vietnam : from earliest times to the nineteenth century
Cambridge University Press, 2024
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Summary: "Li Tana presents a powerful new reading of Vietnamese history: that key political changes resulted from the impact, economic and otherwise, of the sea. This finely layered account covering the two millennia before colonisation radically restructures how we understand the shaping of the country we now know as Vietnam"-- Provided by publisher
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-338) and index
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Despite its 3,000 kilometre coastline, few people see Vietnam as a maritime country. Here Li Tana presents a powerful new argument about Vietnamese history: that key political changes resulted from the impact, economic and otherwise, of the sea. This is a finely layered account covering the two millennia before colonisation that radically restructures how we understand the role of the maritime and trans-regional in Vietnam's early history. Drawing on exhaustive research of Chinese, Vietnamese and Japanese sources, Li reveals that it is only when viewed against the background of the sea that Vietnam's past can be properly understood. In contrast to traditional perceptions of an inward-looking society dominated by Chinese cultural influence, Vietnam was shaped by dynamic littoral economic and cultural contact.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Maritime formations
- 2. Aromatics, Buddhism and the making of a south seas emporium
- 3. Aromatic forests, sea trade, and the rise of Linyi, 200–700 CE
- 4. Maritime resurgence and the rise of Dai Viet
- 5. Winds of trade from the Middle East: 6. Muslim trade and the conquest of the coast: the mystery of the Topkapi vase
- 7. Silks and society: Tongking in the age of commerce
- 8. Seventeenth century Dang Trong: a maritime entity
- 9. The rise and fall of the water frontier
- 10. Ships and the problem of political integration: the cost of Tao Van and shipbuilding
- Conclusion: some reflections on a maritime Vietnam.
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