Dreams of the Hmong Kingdom: The Quest for Legitimation in French Indochina, 1850-1960 - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mai Na M. LeeSeries:New Perspectives in Se Asian StudiesPublish date:2015-06-16Pages:430
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Wisconsin PressISBN-13:9780299298845ISBN-10:299298841UPC:9780299298845Book Category:History, Political Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Asia, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:Southeast Asia, AmericanSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCNQV31ZF9
Dreams of the Hmong Kingdom: The Quest for Legitimation in French Indochina, 1850-1960
Countering notions that Hmong history begins and ends with the "Secret War" in Laos of the 1960s and 1970s, Dreams of the Hmong Kingdom reveals how the Hmong experience of modernity is grounded in their sense of their own ancient past, when this now-stateless people had their own king and kingdom, and illuminates their political choices over the course of a century in a highly contested region of...
Series: New Perspectives in Se Asian Studies
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Wisconsin PressISBN-13:9780299298845ISBN-10:299298841UPC:9780299298845Book Category:History, Political Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Asia, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:Southeast Asia, AmericanSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCNQV31ZF9
Mai Na M. Lee is an associate professor of history and Asian American studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She was born in Laos and came to the United States when she was a teenager. She was the first Hmong in the United States to earn a PhD in history.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
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