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Outline of a study of the Annamese house in north Annam, and central Annam, from Thanh Hoá to Binh DinhBook 1936 • Gourou, Pierre & Greene, Liliane
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
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 ...The rural population of Cochinchinaarticle 1942 • Gourou, Pierre & Greene, Liliane
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
This short article concerns itself with the rural demography of Cochinchina. It relates population density and settlement patterns to landform, historical population movements, agricultural land-use and climate. The second section is devoted to a reg...The peasants of the Tonkin deltabook chapter 1936 • Gourou, Pierre & Miller, Richard R.
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
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 ...