Book

Thanh Hoá: geographical study of an Annamese province

Les éditions G. Van Oest • Paris • Published In 1929 • Pages:

By: Robequain, Charles, Botsford, Keith, Messner, Charles A..

Abstract

Robequain, a geographer, produced this monograph on Vietnam in 1929. About a third of Volume 1 is devoted to the geography, geology, and climate of the area, and a short section deals with the flora. The rest of the volume deals with five ethnic groups within the province, and of their relations with each other and with the Annamese (Vietnamese). Volume 2 deals with the Annamese proper. Robequain gives descriptions of their agriculture, animal husbandry, fishing, and various industries which exist in the area. He then goes into the community and its structure, with particular attention to dwellings and settlement patterns. The second volume concludes with long sections on domestic and foreign trade and the activities of the French government. Of the two volumes, the second is perhaps the more useful. The author has given therein an excellent study of Vietnamese economic life. The tribal material in the first volume will be less useful from the point of view of comparative study. Its main utility is that, taken as a block, it shows the regional variations which exist among tribal groups.

HRAF PubDate

2000

Region

Asia

Sub Region

Southeast Asia

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Type

Geographer

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

James Leary ; 1955 ; Teferi A. Adem ; 2006

Field Date

No date

Coverage Date

1071-1929

Coverage Place

central Vietnam

Notes

[by] Charles Robequain

Translation of: [Le Thanh Hoá: étude géographique d'une province a annamite]

Includes bibliography in Vol. 2

Translated from the French for the HRAF files by Keith Botsford and C. A. Messner ca. 1958.

A slight mention is made of the Kha (AM07), and about a dozen pages each of culture summary are devoted to the Meo (Miao AE05) and the Man (Yao AE06). The remainder of the first volume deals with the Thai (Shan-Thai AL03) and Muong (AM07), generally lumped together. General coverage is given to their history, agriculture, political organization, and industry, with large amounts of space devoted to the variations that occur from one locality to another.

LCSH

Vietnamese