Book
Outline of a study of the Annamese house in north Annam, and central Annam, from Thanh Hoá to Binh Dinh
Les éditions d'Art et Histoire • Paris • Published In 1936 • Pages:
By: Gourou, Pierre, Greene, Liliane.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Pierre Gourou was a professor of geography in the Faculté des Lettres at the University of Bordeaux. This is a study of the distribution of house types in northern and central Annam. Gourou identifies nine house types, all related to each other, but differing in architectural, structural and decorative details as one moves progressively southward. In addition, Gourou identifies two distinct roof types. Gourou looked especially for geographical factors to explain variations in house types, but he found none that seemed significant. There is excellent geographical material on the regions studied and several good maps showing the distribution of villages. There are many valuable sketches illustrating types of framework and structural principles, and many fine photographs of the types of houses discussed. In addition, the author discusses materials used, carpenters, their degree of specialization, some of their beliefs about house building, etc. On the whole, this is a valuable, though fairly technical study.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Climate
- Topography and geology
- Carpentry
- Dwellings
- Settlement patterns
- Accumulation of wealth
- 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
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Geographer
- 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
- Patricia H. Snyder ; 1952: John Beierle ; 2006
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- No date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- central (TRUNG BO) Vietnam
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Pierre Gourou
- Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Paris, 1936
- Translation of: [Esquisse d'une étude de l'habitation annamite dans l'Annam septentrionale et central du Thanh Hoá au Binh Dinh.]
- Translated from the French for Human Relations Area Files by Liliane Greene
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Vietnamese