{"product_id":"viet-nam-tradition-and-change-paperback","title":"Viet Nam: Tradition and Change - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHuu Ngoc\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring his twenty-year tenure as a columnist for \u003ci\u003eViệt Nam News, \u003c\/i\u003e Hà Nội's English-language newspaper, Hữu Ngọc charmed and invigorated an international readership hungry for straightforward but elegant entrees into understanding Vietnamese culture. The essays were originally collected in the massive \u003ci\u003eWandering through Vietnamese Culture.\u003c\/i\u003e With \u003ci\u003eViet Nam: Tradition and Change, \u003c\/i\u003e Ohio University Press presents a selection from these many treasures, which are perfectly suited to students of Vietnamese culture and travelers seeking an introduction to the country's rich history, culture, and daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith extraordinary linguistic ability and a prodigious memory, Hữu Ngọc is among Việt Nam's keenest observers of and writers about traditional Vietnamese culture and recent history. The author's central theme-that all tradition is change through acculturation-twines through each of the book's ten sections, which contain Hữu Ngọc's ideas on Vietnamese religion, literature, history, exemplary figures, and more. Taken on its own, each brief essay is an engaging discussion of key elements of Vietnamese culture and the history of an issue confronting Việt Nam today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHữu Ngọc (1918-) is retired director of Việt Nam's foreign languages publishing house and editor of \u003ci\u003eVietnamese Studies, \u003c\/i\u003e Hà Nội's semi-scholarly quarterly published since 1964. His Sunday newspaper columns remain reader favorites. During the past twenty years, Hữu Ngọc's lecture, \"3,000 Years of Vietnamese History in One Hour,\" has entranced 20,000 foreign visitors to Việt Nam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 386\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47521492304093,"sku":"9780896803022","price":56.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/u5kEzGHQFy9780896803022.webp?v=1772260070","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/viet-nam-tradition-and-change-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}