France began its creeping conquest of Indochina in 1858 and by 1883 much of what is now Vietnam was under French control. In 1882, the king of Annam (presently central Vietnam) had called upon the Chinese for help in stopping French expansion into his kingdom. The following April French ...
Vietnam - French Colonization, Indochina, Unification: The decision to invade Vietnam was made by Napoleon III in July 1857. It was the result not only of missionary propaganda but also, after 1850, of the upsurge of French capitalism, which generated th
Representing Indochina: The French colonial fantasmatic and the Explosion Coloniale de Paris.COLONIZATIONINTERNATIONAL relationsFRANCE -- Foreign relationsAttempts to shift the understanding of French colonial conquest in the Indochinese region from a purely geographical inquiry into a historical experience ...
France began to actively take over Indochina in 1859, with the attack on Danang on the central coast of Vietnam. However, the conquest was not completed until 1887 when the colony of French Indochina was officially declared. Why did the French colonize Indochina? The French colonized Indochin...
of Indochina, and hoped to achieve this partly through the tacit moral arbitration of women, certain sections of the settler community resented this evolution, and desired instead a return to what was perceived as a more authentic and unadulterated society and relationship with Indochina.Access...
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A country of southwest Asia on the Mediterranean Sea. The site of ancient Phoenicia, the region was gradually absorbed by the Persian Empire and later conquered by Alexander the Great. Eventually it came under Roman control and was Christianized before the Arab conquest of the 7th century. Part...
“Vietnam: Sociology of a War”), he tried to communicate his understanding of the Vietnamese to the French, who were still engaged in the French Indochina War. He strongly influenced the large group of young Southeast Asian scholars that emerged in theUnited States. With John McAlister he...
We’ve already taken a look at the Renault FT-17 – this tank had a long life and saw use in WWII and even later in Indochina. It was utilised as far away as in China, during the Chinese Civil Wars, and versions of the tank were used both against and by the Japanese during the...
Marguerite Duras was 70 when she wroteThe Lover, an autobiographical novel set in prewar Indochina that recounts an affair between a 15-year-old French girl and a Chinese man. Through fragments that weave in and out of chronology, we see the young girl beaten by her mother and older broth...