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Book SynopsisHere is the first real comparison of the civil governments of two traditional East Asian societies on an institution-by-institution basis. Woodside examines in detail the surviving statutes of both societies in his political and cultural study, a pioneering venture in East Asian comparative history.
Trade ReviewThe first serious work of American scholarship on Vietnam in the early nineteenth century… A major event in the development of Vietnamese studies in the U.S. * Political Science Review *
A penetrating look at the institutions, traditions, and attitudes that governed nineteenth-century Vietnam and that determine much of what is happening today… A classical study in the modification of the Chinese cultural pattern in a Southeast Asian environment… A work absolutely indispensable for insight into the evolution of Vietnam’s political society and style. * American Historical Review *
