The sacred willow : four generations in the life of a Vietnamese family / Duong Van Mai Elliott.
The sacred willow : four generations in the life of a Vietnamese family / Duong Van Mai Elliott.
The sacred willow : four generations in the life of a Vietnamese family / Duong Van Mai Elliott.
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Publisher
New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N959.704/94
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 506 p. : geneal. table, maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. A Burial in the Night -- 2. Shut Gate and High Walls -- 3. The Silk Merchant -- 4. French Veneer, Confucian Soul -- 5. Taxes, Floods, and Robbers -- 6. The Third Month in the Year of the Famine -- 7. The Head on the Roof -- 8. Into the Resistance Zone -- 9. Poison and Bribes -- 10. The Fall of a...
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Publisher
New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
In The Sacred Willow, Mai Elliott tells the story of her family over four generations, from the 19th century to the present. She takes us back to the vanished world where her great-grandfather, Duong Lam, rose from poverty to become a mandarin at the imperial court. She tells of childhood hours spent in her grandmother's silk shop - and of hiding w...
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The sacred willow : four generations in the life of a Vietnamese family / Duong Van Mai Elliott.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 475-480) and index.
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N959.704/94
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74VvLGebAogg
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ISBN
0195137876 (pbk.)
9780195124347 (cloth : alk. paper)
0195124340 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780195137873 (pbk.)
DDC
959.704
MMS ID
991010746839702626
