In Search of Moral Authority : The Discourse on Poverty, Poor Relief, and Charity in French Colonial Vietnam

by Nguyen-Marshall, Van (NA)

• ISBN13: 9781433102158
• ISBN10: 1433102153
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-01
• Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc

Summary

In Search of Moral Authority: The Discourse on Poverty, Poor Relief, and Charity in French Colonial Vietnam is a pioneering exploration of the discourses on poverty and poor-relief activities in early twentieth-century Northern Vietnam. Treating

Author Biography

Van Nguyen-Marshall is Assistant Professor of History at Trent University in Ontario, Canada.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Poverty and Poor Relief in Nineteenth-Century Vietnam	p. 9
The French Administration and Famine Relief	p. 31
Philanthropy, Patriotism, and the Vietnamese Elite (1920-32)	p. 57
Engendering Charity	p. 77
Representing Poverty, Gender, and Nation in Vietnamese Literature	p. 97
The Popular Front and the Problem of Colonial Poverty (1936-39)	p. 119
Conclusion	p. 133
Notes	p. 137
Bibliography	p. 165
Index	p. 177
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