Village in Vietnam

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SOCIOLOGY
One of the crucial struggles between East and West is taking place in South Vietnam, an area whose culture has been virtually unknown to scholars. The author has used the small village of Khanh Hau, in the Mekong River delta southwest of Saigon, as a microcosm for the study of the rural physical setting, the beliefs and customs of the several religions that exist here side by side, the kinship and family pattern, the crops and agricultural methods, the economic, administrative, and legal systems, and the socioeconomic structure and mobility. An important aspect of the study is the information it provides on the changes in livelihood patterns, in village administration, and in other segments of the society now occurring as a result of increasing contacts with the more complicated urban societies of Vietnam and with Western influences.
The product of long observation in the field (the research was sponsored by the Michigan... Tovább

Fülszöveg

' j;-!.' .'Ill': I > I'lr^ j' ; '' ' i^'ni'dJlh
SOCIOLOGY
One of the crucial struggles between East and West is taking place in South Vietnam, an area whose culture has been virtually unknown to scholars. The author has used the small village of Khanh Hau, in the Mekong River delta southwest of Saigon, as a microcosm for the study of the rural physical setting, the beliefs and customs of the several religions that exist here side by side, the kinship and family pattern, the crops and agricultural methods, the economic, administrative, and legal systems, and the socioeconomic structure and mobility. An important aspect of the study is the information it provides on the changes in livelihood patterns, in village administration, and in other segments of the society now occurring as a result of increasing contacts with the more complicated urban societies of Vietnam and with Western influences.
The product of long observation in the field (the research was sponsored by the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group), this is the first full treatment of Vietnamese culture to be published in English. It is documented with charts and tables and illustrated with maps and drawings of house types and artifacts.
Gerald Hickey is consultant on Vietnamese affairs for the RAND Corporation.
"In this field, iVIr. Rickey's book is of major importance. . . . everyone concerned with the threat to South Vietnam is indebted to iSlr. Hickey. He has shone a bright light into the shadows of the Vietnamese village."—Boo/k Wee/k.
"Mr. Hickey's report has great value for its penetration to realities of the Vietnamese situation."—New York Times.
"An excellent and informative book which should stand as a model for other anthropological
studies----Indeed, it contains so much information about the people, the mode of life, and
the culture of the area which is not available from any other source that it will constitute necessary background reading for all who interest themselves seriously in South Vietnam, no matter what the nature of their interest."—New Society.
"Beyond a doubt the finest piece of American scholarship that the large-scale US commitment in Viet Nam has thus far brought about."—T^e Asian Student.
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