In search of moral authority [electronic resource] : the discourse on poverty, poor relief, and charity in French colonial Vietnam / Van Nguyen-Marshall.
By: Nguyen-Marshall, Van.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: New York : P. Lang, c2008Description: x, 180 p.Subject(s): Poverty -- Vietnam -- History | Public welfare -- Vietnam -- History | Charities -- Vietnam -- History | France -- Colonies -- Asia -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 362.509597/09041 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-176) and index.
Introduction -- Poverty and poor relief in nineteenth-century Vietnam -- The French administration and famine relief -- Philanthropy, patriotism, and the Vietnamese elite (1920-32) -- Engendering charity -- Representing poverty, gender, and nation in Vietnamese literature -- The Popular Front and the problem of colonial poverty (1936-39) -- Conclusion.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2012. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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