Southern Vietnam Under the Reign of Minh Mang (1820–1841)
Central Policies and Local Response

Choi Byung Wook (Author)

9780877271383

Paperback / softback, published 30 July 2004

232 pages, 11 photographs, 2 maps, 12 tables - 25 Maps
25.4 x 17.8 x 1.3 cm, 0.454 kg

This study of nineteenth-century Vietnam focuses on interactions between the Vietnamese king, Minh Mang, and the heterogeneous southern region of the country, which he sought to bring more firmly under state control through a series of polices intended to "Vietnamize" the populace and unite north and south.