Tradition, Revolution, and Market Economy in a North Vietnamese Village, 1925–2006

Hy Van Luong

Hy Van Luong

Tradition, Revolution, and Market Economy in a North Vietnamese Village, 1925–2006

University of Hawaii Press | 2010

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824860820

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Tradition, Revolution, and Market Economy in a North Vietnamese Village examines both continuity and change over eight decades in a small rural village deep in the North Vietnamese countryside. Son-Duong, a community near the Red River, experienced firsthand the ravages of French colonialism and the American war, as well as the socialist revolution and Vietnam’s recent reintegration into the global market economy. In this revised and expanded edition of his 1992 book, Revolution in the Village, Hy V. Luong draws on newly available archival documents in Hanoi, narratives by villagers, and three field seasons from the late 1980s to 2006. He situates his finely drawn village portrait within the historical framework of the Vietnamese revolution and the recent reforms in Vietnam.

The richness of the oral testimony of surviving villagers enables the author to follow them throughout political and economic upheavals, compiling a wealth of original data as they actively restructure their daily lives. In his analysis of the implications of these data for theoretical models of agrarian transformation, Luong argues that local traditions have played a major role in shaping villagers’ responses to colonialism, socialist policies, and the global market economy. His work, spanning eight decades of sociocultural change, will interest students and scholars of the Vietnamese revolution, agrarian politics, peasant societies, French colonialism, and socialist transformation.

Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	i
Contents Free access PDF PDF	v
Preface Free access PDF PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Free access PDF PDF	ix
Abbreviations and Units of Measure Free access PDF PDF	xiii
Introduction Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	1
Part I. Historical Events and Village Structure in Colonial Northern Vietnam
1. Vietnamese Anticolonialism, 1884–1930: A Microscopic Perspective on Historical Events Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	25
2. Village Structure in Revolutionary Processes, 1925–1930 Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	51
3. In the Name of “Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity” Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	97
Part II. The Revolution in the Village
4. The Rise of Marxist Power Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	123
5. The Revolution in the Village, 1954–1988 Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	157
Part III. Market Economy and Local Dynamics
6. The Market Economy and Socioeconomic Differentiation Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	207
7. The Intensification of Social and Ritual Life Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	226
8. The Restructuring of Local Governance Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	246
9. Theoretical Reflections Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	261
Appendix 1: Regulations on Cultured Life in Hamlet 5 Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	279
Appendix 2: Chronology Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	286
Appendix 3: Significant People in Sơn-Dương Village and Anticolonial History Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	290
Notes Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	293
References Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	309
Index Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	321
About the Author Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	335

Tradition, Revolution, and Market Economy in a North Vietnamese Village, 1925–2006

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