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Persian beliefs and customsBook 1954 • Massé, Henri & Messner, Charles A.
Iran • Middle East > Middle East
This is a study of Persian beliefs and customs from the beginning of Iranian history up to the 1930s. Most of the data presented here are derived from earlier published materials, from the authors own observations, and from information given him by i...The role of women in Tonkinese religion and propertyBook 1935 • Lustéguy, Pierre & Messner, Charles A.
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
This work on the Annamese women of Tonkin in relation to property set aside for worship (Huong-Hoa) is a doctoral thesis presented to the Faculty of Letters at the University of Paris in 1935. Lustéguy compared his research with the results of an inq...Some statistical data on suicide in Vietnamarticle 1949 • Smolski, T. & Messner, Charles A.
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
This brief study of suicide in Vietnam is concerned mainly with the available statistics. Smolski cites the limitations of Vietnamese statistics and of their French models. He presents the distribution of suicides by sex, age and method employed, com...An Annamese industryarticle 1926 • Guilleminet, P. & Messner, Charles A.
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
P. Guilleminet, a civil servant administrator in Annam, presents a study of the norias or water wheels used for irrigation in Quang-Ngai. He has made use of ancient Annamese texts to trace their origin and history in this province where they are of s...The medallions of the dignitaries and mandarins at the court of Annamarticle 1926 • Sogny, L. & Messner, Charles A.
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
This article discusses the history and significance of mandarinal and other medallions at the court of Annam. Sogny feels that this is one Annamese institution that is not of Chinese origin and he cites Chinese texts to show that only the insignia an...Rice growing in the Tonkin deltabook chapter 1935 • Dumont, Rémi & Messner, Charles A.
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
This work is a description of the traditional Annamese methods of rice culture, and of the improvements which it was possible to achieve immediately within the framework of small familial enterprise. It is the result of research which led up to the c...A history of the church in KoreaBook 1874 • Dallet, Charles & Messner, Charles A.
Korea • Asia > East Asia
Dallet's 'A History of the Church in Korea', a two volume work, is preceded by a long introduction on Korean history, institutions, language, mores and customs. This introduction is the closest approximation to a complete ethnography extant in Wester...The Annamese patriarchal familybook chapter 1942 • Tran-van-Trai & Messner, Charles A.
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
This study of the Annamese family prior to French occupation is based largely on ancient Chinese moral writings and the various Annamese law codes. It contains information on customs and laws relating to the family and discussions of philosophy, mora...The individual in the old Annamese societybook chapter 1932 • Nguyen Manh Tuong & Messner, Charles A.
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
This work, from which only Book III relating to the individual in society has been included in the HRAF archive, is a synthesis of the code of Le. The code, published in 1483, was discovered at the Imperial Library at Hué in 1908, and has been subjec...A projected reform of mutual agricultural credit in Cochinchinabook chapter 1940 • Chau-thanh-Kien & Messner, Charles A.
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
This is a thesis in law, written by a Vietnamese student at the University of Bordeaux. The author describes the various systems of lending and usury in Cochinchina, the operation of the mutual credit societies and their historical development, and t...A few taboos among the Annamites of Tonkinarticle 1942 • Ngô-Quy-Son & Messner, Charles A.
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
This is a concise survey of Tonkinese taboos. Although there is no reference to fieldwork by the author, a native Vietnamese, the article seems to be based on first-hand knowledge and adequate anthropological research....Thanh HoáBook 1929 • Robequain, Charles et al.
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
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 grou...The Samoyedessay 1921 • Bénard, Charles, b. 1867 & Messner, Charles A.
Samoyed • Asia > North Asia
The author, president of the Société dOcéanographie de France at the time, spent from July to October of 1914 on the island of Novaya Zemlya making meteorological and geological studies. Only chapter 7 has been translated. In this chapter, the author...The Kingdom of Annam and the AnnameseBook 1879 • Rhins, J.-L. Dutreuil de (Jules Léon) & Messner, Charles A.
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
Dutreuil de Rhins was a French naval officer who was given command of one of five warships presented to the King of Annam in 1876. His impressions of the land and the people, while strongly biased and subjective, are of some importance because of the...