Understanding Vietnam.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.
Book Information: Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.
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Author Information:
- Neil Jamieson, Vietnam Studies Group.
Vietnam Studies in the USA:
- Vietnam Studies Group.
- Southeast Asian Studies: Viet Nam, Research Guide, University of Washington.
- Association for Asian Studies.
Wikipedia Articles:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Jamieson's book Understanding Vietnam describes Vietnamese culture by exploring Vietnamese literature, mostly during the twentieth century up to the 1980s. The following are some of the writers and works discussed in the book, and also some political figures. Note that some articles are on the Vietnamese Wikipedia site; Google Chrome browser easily (if perhaps badly) translates these to English. Also, I have not listed below people and groups like Phan Bội Châu, Ho Chi Minh, Lê Duẩn, Ngo Dinh Diem, the Việt Minh or the National Liberation Front because they are not discussed in Jamieson's book. Jamieson's book isn't about political or military matters as with many books written by Americans about Vietnam.
- The Tale of Kieu by Nguyễn Du (1765–1820), a classical epic poem.
- Nguyễn Khuyến (1835–1909), mandarin, anti-colonial nationalist, poet.
- Trần Tế Xương (1870-1907), poet.
- Paul Doumer (1857–1932), Governor-General of French Indochina, 1897-1902; President of France, June 1931 – May 1932.
- Cường Để (1882-1951), Prince.
- Phan Chu Trinh (1871-1926), mandarin, nationalist, educator, founder of Đông Kinh Nghĩa Thục.
- Đông Kinh Nghĩa Thục (Tonkin Free School), founded March 1907, a modern nationalist school in Hanoi, closed by the French.
- Nguyễn Đình Chiểu (1822–1888), poet, anti-colonial nationalist, author of Lục Vân Tiên, the other classical epic poem.
- Thành Thái (1869–1954), Emperor 1889–1907.
- Ngô Đình Khả (1856–1923), mandarin, Catholic, nationalist; a founder of Quốc Học Academy, Huế; father of Ngô Đình Thục, Ngo Dinh Diem, Ngô Đình Nhu, Ngô Đình Cẩn.
- Quốc Học Academy, Huế, founded 1896.
- Nguyễn Văn Vĩnh (1882–1936), journalist, translator, founded Indochina Journal.
- Huỳnh Tịnh Của (1834–1907), scholar, translator, Catholic convert.
- Trương Vĩnh Ký (1837-1898), known as Pétrus Ky and Jean-Baptiste Pétrus, scholar, translator, Catholic convert.
- Trần Trọng Kim (1883–1953), scholar, educator, textbook author.
- Phạm Quỳnh (1892–1945), founded periodical South Wind.
- Hoàng Ngọc Phách (1896-1973), author of Tố Tâm (1925), an early Vietnamese novel.
- Phan Khôi (1887-1959), poet, "Old Love".
- Nguyễn Tường Tam (1906–1963), known as Nhất Linh, editor of periodical Mores.
- Thế Lữ (1907–1989), poet. Wikiquote.
- Khái Hưng, In the Midst of Spring (1933), novel.
- Khái Hưng (1896–1947), birth name Trần Khánh Giư, novelist.
- Self-Strength Literary Movement, Tự Lực văn đoàn. [Vietnamese Wikipedia.]
- Nguyễn Công Hoan (1903–1977), novelist.
- Nguyễn Công Hoan, Golden Branches, Leaves of Jade (1934).
- Nhất Linh, Breaking the Ties (1935).
- Nguyễn Công Hoan, Miss Minh, The Schoolteacher (1936).
- Phạm Văn Đồng (1906–2000), Prime Minister of North Vietnam, 1955–1976; Prime Minister of Vietnam, 1976–1987.
- Trường Chinh (1907–1988), communist political leader.
- Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911–2013), military leader.
- Ngô Xuân Diệu (1916–1985), known as Xuân Diệu, poet.
- Chế Lan Viên (1920–1989), poet.
- Cù Huy Cận (1919–2005), poet.
- Lưu Trọng Lư (1912–1991), poet.
- Hoai Thanh (1909 -1982), birth name Nguyen Duc Nguyen, edited a famous poetry anthology published in 1941.
- Nhân Văn – Giai Phẩm affair, 1955–1958.
- I compiled other lists of Wikipedia articles related to Vietnam in my posts for: