Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: The Historical Background to the Founding of the Nguyen Dynasty, 1428-1802 Vietnam and the West, 1802-1858 The Franco-Spanish Invasion and the Treaty of Sai-gon, 1858-1862 The Hue Court and the Southern Nghia-Quan, 1862-1868 The Hue Court and Anti-Catholic Activism, 1862-1868 Hue's Policy of Peace and the "Francis Garnier Affair," 1873-1874 Selected Bibliography Index

Promotional Information

Mark McLeod goes beyond studies that only analyze the conflict from primarily French sources. McLeod studies the renaissance of historical writing that followed the political independence in Vietnam and presents the Vietnamese view of the 19th century colonization.

About the Author

MARK W. McLEOD is Assistant Professor in History at Gonzaga University.

Reviews

?McLeod's study attempts to compensate for what the author calls a "Franco-centric" interpretive bias in the literature on 19th-century Vietnamese history, by "confronting" existing accounts with the information contained in official Vietnamese government documents of the time. His larger aim is to provide a detailed account of events in the years 1862 to 1874, a comparatively neglected period during which crucial decisions by both Vietnamese and French leaders did much to determine the character and the outcome of French colonial policy in Vietnam.... Most appropriate for graduate students and specialists in 19th-century Vietnamese history, but sophisticated undergraduates should also be able to profit from the book.?-Choice

"McLeod's study attempts to compensate for what the author calls a "Franco-centric" interpretive bias in the literature on 19th-century Vietnamese history, by "confronting" existing accounts with the information contained in official Vietnamese government documents of the time. His larger aim is to provide a detailed account of events in the years 1862 to 1874, a comparatively neglected period during which crucial decisions by both Vietnamese and French leaders did much to determine the character and the outcome of French colonial policy in Vietnam.... Most appropriate for graduate students and specialists in 19th-century Vietnamese history, but sophisticated undergraduates should also be able to profit from the book."-Choice