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Bezig met laden... Vietnam: Rising Dragondoor Bill Hayton
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Bill Hayton wanders into the alleys of Hanoi, the suburbs of Saigon, into the huts of tea pickers, into the villages of rice growers, and reports what their health and wealth is like, and what their hopes and dreams might be. Greatly deepened my understanding of the people of Vietnam, as well as the reality of working the fields, and dreaming of making more money in the city.
Bill Hayton, a BBC correspondent who spent several years based in Hanoi, makes a diligent reportorial effort to explain the intricacies and ironies of today's Vietnam. He does an admirable job of outlining the messy materialism of Vietnamese society. Erelijsten
The eyes of the West have recently been trained on China and India, but Vietnam is rising fast among its Asian peers. A breathtaking period of social change has seen foreign investment bringing capitalism flooding into its nominally communist society, booming cities swallowing up smaller villages, and the lure of modern living tugging at the traditional networks of family and community. Yet beneath these sweeping developments lurks an authoritarian political system that complicates the nation's apparent renaissance. In this engaging work, experienced journalist Bill Hayton looks at the costs of change in Vietnam and questions whether this rising Asian power is really heading toward capitalism and democracy.Based on vivid eyewitness accounts and pertinent case studies, Hayton's book addresses a broad variety of issues in today's Vietnam, including important shifts in international relations, the growth of civil society, economic developments and challenges, and the nation's nascent democracy movement as well as its notorious internal security. His analysis of Vietnam's "police state," and its systematic mechanisms of social control, coercion, and surveillance, is fresh and particularly imperative when viewed alongside his portraits of urban and street life, cultural legacies, religion, the media, and the arts. With a firm sense of historical and cultural context, Hayton examines how these issues have emerged and where they will lead Vietnam in the next stage of its development. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)959.7044History and Geography Asia Southeast Asia Vietnam 1949-LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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