book chapter
The peasants of the Tonkin delta: a study in human geography
Les éditions d'Art et d'Histoire • Paris • Published In 1936 • Pages: HRAF ms.: 1-889 [original: 666 ] [incomplete]
By: Gourou, Pierre, Miller, Richard R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Gourou conducted field research for this classic ethnography between 1927 and 1935, particularly 1931-1935. Gourou was a professor of geography in the University of Bordeaux. The 'twofold interest' of the study lies in the fact that the Tonkin Delta -- differing from the rest of Indochina -- was heavily populated, and that it was almost exclusively inhabited by peasants. The conditions and the causes of this heavy population are minutely explored. The natural uniformity of the deltaic country contributed to create a 95 percent rural population, whose life centered around the village. It produced little, consumed little, and lived in a closed economy. Industry had not developed much beyond the familial level. The book is divided into three main parts: I. Physical surroundings, II. The peasant population, and III. The means of existence of the Tonkinese peasants.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Fishing
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Land use
- Dwellings
- Settlement patterns
- Real property
- Internal trade
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Vietnamese
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Natural Scientist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Annemarie Holborn ; 1953; John Beierle ; 2006
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1927-1935
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900 -1935
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern (BAC BO) Vietnam
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Pierre Gourou
- Translation of: [Les paysans du delta tonkinois : étude de géograpie humaine]
- This document consists of excerpts
- Translated from the French for the HRAF files by Richard R. Miller ca. 1953. Omitted: pages 603-646, 653-660, and in the translated text, end-pocket maps of French edition
- Includes bibliography
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Vietnamese