Going Indochinese: Contesting Concepts of Space and Place in French Indochina

'Why, Benedict Anderson once asked, did Javanese become Indonesian in 1945 whereas the Vietnamese balked at becoming Indochinese? In this classic study, Goscha shows that Vietnamese of all political colours came remarkably close to building a modern national identity based on the colonial model of Indochina while Lao and Cambodian nationalists rejected this precisely because it represented a Vietnamese entity. Specialists of French colonial, Vietnamese, Southeast Asia and nationalism studies will all find much of value in Goscha’s provocative rethinking of the relationship between colonialism and nationalism in Indochina.

'First published in 1995 as Vietnam or Indochina? Contesting Concepts of Space in Vietnamese Nationalism, this remarkable study is augmented with new material by the author and a foreword by Eric Jennings.' (Back cover)

Includes bibliography and index.

Alternative title

NIAS Classics Series | Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Classics Series

Access level

Onsite

author

Christopher E. GOSCHA

publisher

NIAS Press (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Location code

REF.GOC

Keyword

nationalism, identity, colonialism, postcolonialism, cultural studies, history, South East Asia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand

Publication/Creation date

2012

No of pages

163

ISBN / ISSN

9788776940997

No of copies

Content type

monograph

Chapter headings

Introduction: Going Indochinese?

1. Setting Indochina into Motion Together: The Franco-Annamese Alliance

2. Annamese Colonial Nationalists between Indochina and Annam

3. Annamese Revolutionaries between Indochina and Vietnam

4. Contesting Space and Place in Indochina: Laotian and Cambodian Views

5. One Last Try? Vichy's Turn

Conclusion: Letting Go of Indochina?

Going Indochinese: Contesting Concepts of Space and Place in French Indochina

Citation

Rights statement

In Copyright

What does this mean?

This item is covered by one or more copyrights. It is available for research only or use within Hong Kong’s fair dealing rules. Please do not copy, re-use or reproduce this item without the permission of the copyright holder.

Tag

South East Asia