Imperial heights : Dalat and the making and undoing of French Indochina / Eric T. Jennings.

Author/creator Jennings, Eric T., 1970-
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxiv, 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesFrom Indochina to Vietnam : revolution and war in a global perspective ; 4
From Indochina to Vietnam ; v. 4. ^A596998
Contents 1. Escaping death in the tropics -- 2. Murder on the race for altitude -- 3. Health, altitude, and climate -- 4. Early Dalat, 1898-1918 -- 5. Colonial expectations, pastimes, comestibles, comforts, and discomforts -- 6. Situating the "Montagnards" -- 7. A functional city? Architecture, planning, zoning, and their critics -- 8. The Dalat Palace Hotel -- 9. Vietnamese Dalat -- 10. Some colonial categories : children, European women, and Métis -- 11. Divine Dalat -- 12. The maelstrom, 1940-1945 -- 13. Autonomous province or federal capital? -- 14. Dalat at war and peace, 1946-1975
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 327-341) and index.
LCCN 2010042773
ISBN9780520266599 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520266595 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks DS559.93.D3 J46 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold