Millenarianism and Peasant Politics in Vietnam

Hue-Tam Ho Tai

Published by Harvard University Press 1983

Millenarianism and Peasant Politics in Vietnam

Hue-Tam Ho Tai

Part of the multi-volume work Histoire de l’Église ancienne

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674433700

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Tai Hue-Tam Ho :

Hue-Tam Ho Tai is Kenneth T. Young Professor of Sino-Vietnamese History, Harvard University.

Reviews

Pioneering.

An exceptionally perceptive and well-written account of millenarianism in south Vietnam. The work fills a gaping void in our understanding of the complexity of rural society in that region and of the strengths and weaknesses of the sectarian movement that posed the most important challenge to the communist revolutionaries in that area. Tai is uniquely qualified for the demanding task of analyzing the hitherto obscure origins and development of perhaps the most important socioreligious movement in modern south Vietnamese history, as well as the reasons for its political failure...This book is an outstanding contribution to the growing literature on the nature of the peasantry in the Third World, as well as to crucial but little understood dimensions of Vietnam's modern revolution.

The story [of this work] is a curious one embodying magic, religious fanaticism, protective amulets, healing, nationalist politics, and other elements too numerous to mention...[The author's] account is a fascinating one...The most comprehensive account that could have been written about these arcane, fiercely local, and rarely consistent sects of the Mekong delta.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
MAPS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiv
PART I. TRADITION
1. PIONEERS AND PROPHETS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. THE BUU SON KY HUONG RELIGION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
3. MILLENARIANISM AND CONQUEST Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
PART II. TRANSITION
4. DISAFFECTION IN THE COUNTRYSIDE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
5. SECTARIAN REVIVAL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
6. SECTS AND MASS MOVEMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
PART III. MILLENNIUM AND REVOLUTION
7. THE RISE OF A NEW PROPHET Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
8. REBELS AND REVOLUTIONARIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
9. THE HOA HAO IDEOLOGY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
10. THE END OF MILLENARIANISM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
CONCLUSION: CHANGE AND COMMUNITY IN MILLENARIANISM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
APPENDIXES. NOTES. BIBLIOGRAPHY. GLOSSARY. INDEX.
Appendix A. The Buu Son Ky Huong Poem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Appendix B. OPPOSITION TO FRENCH RULE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
Appendix C. RELIGIOUS TRAINING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Appendix D. HOA HAO ORGANIZATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
GLOSSARY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 220
Illustrations
- Other: 2 maps
Keywords: HISTORY / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General; Millennialism -- Vietnam.; Vietnam -- History -- 20th century.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674433700

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1983
ISBN: 9780674433694