| Description |
xvi, 304 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Official films of the Olympic Games |
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Official films of the Olympic Games
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| Contents |
1. Ideology, memory and heritage significance -- 2. Thang Long, the ascending dragon: Pre-colonial Hanoi and the Chinese imprint -- 3. Hanoi: Building a capital for French Indochina -- 4. The Japanese interlude: Vietnamese resistance, French collaboration and collapse -- 5. Under American bombs: Hanoi during the Vietnam War -- 6. Red River, red city: Creating Hanoi's socialist face -- 7. Doi moi and the return of capitalism: Hanoi in the 1990s -- 8. Creeping pluralism: Hanoi faces the new millennium |
| Summary |
"Hanoi: Biography of a city is the first book to trace the history of the fabric of the city since its origins a thousand years ago. It examines how the shape of the city reflects changing political, cultural and economic conditions over a millennium of internmittent warfare and waves of cultural change and migration." -- BACK COVER |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| SUBJECT |
Hanoi (Vietnam) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81100620 -- Buildings, structures, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99004820
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Hanoi (Vietnam) -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115317
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Hanoi (Vietnam) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95002281
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| ISBN |
0868404438 |
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9814022152 (Singapore) |
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