The Saigon sisters [[e-book] ] : privileged women in the resistance / / Patricia D. Norland
| The Saigon sisters [[e-book] ] : privileged women in the resistance / / Patricia D. Norland |
| Autore | Norland Patricia |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca : , : Northern Illinois University Press, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 959.704/1109252095977 |
| Collana |
NIU Southeast Asian series
Cornell scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Indochinese War, 1946-1954
Indochinese War, 1946-1954 - Women - Vietnam Women revolutionaries - Vietnam Upper class women - Vietnam Upper class women - Political activity - Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City |
| Soggetto non controllato | Vietname War, French Indochina, Revolution, Vietnamese women, nationalism, communism, Lycee Marie Curie, Saigon, Ho Chi Minh |
| ISBN | 1-5017-4975-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Thanh: "We were young, our hearts beating for the cause" -- Trang: "We were living a contradiction" -- Minh: "Generation at a crossroads" -- Le An: "The resistance is for me the university of life" -- Sen: "Living in the jungle was a question of habit" -- Tuyen: "With music, the revolution had more of a chance to succeed" -- Lien An: "We were in a French colony but, deep down, we remained Vietnamese" -- Xuan: "We found the ideals of liberty, fraternity and equality were not for our people" -- Oanh: "The deciding reason I did not become a refugee was I went to study in the U.S." -- Thanh: "We had private lives but suppressed them. But we are, after all, human beings" -- Trang: "I was prepared for any sacrifice or risk" -- Minh: "I led two lives" -- Le An: "The theme of our work in putting on plays was revolution" -- Sen: "We thought of ourselves as working for the people, not a particular party" -- Tuyen: "Everyone thought, if a certain event happens, all ills would be cured. Everyone was wrong." -- Lien An: "Through the education we got in the north, we understood what we had to do" -- Xuan: "There was so much hatred. We could not stay indifferent; something had to be done" -- Oanh: "'French are very nice in France, and very colonialist in the colonies.' Americans were exactly the same" -- Reuniting. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794135603321 |
Norland Patricia
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| Ithaca : , : Northern Illinois University Press, , 2021 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Saigon sisters [[e-book] ] : privileged women in the resistance / / Patricia D. Norland
| The Saigon sisters [[e-book] ] : privileged women in the resistance / / Patricia D. Norland |
| Autore | Norland Patricia |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca : , : Northern Illinois University Press, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 959.704/1109252095977 |
| Collana |
NIU Southeast Asian series
Cornell scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Indochinese War, 1946-1954
Indochinese War, 1946-1954 - Women - Vietnam Women revolutionaries - Vietnam Upper class women - Vietnam Upper class women - Political activity - Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City |
| Soggetto non controllato | Vietname War, French Indochina, Revolution, Vietnamese women, nationalism, communism, Lycee Marie Curie, Saigon, Ho Chi Minh |
| ISBN | 1-5017-4975-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Thanh: "We were young, our hearts beating for the cause" -- Trang: "We were living a contradiction" -- Minh: "Generation at a crossroads" -- Le An: "The resistance is for me the university of life" -- Sen: "Living in the jungle was a question of habit" -- Tuyen: "With music, the revolution had more of a chance to succeed" -- Lien An: "We were in a French colony but, deep down, we remained Vietnamese" -- Xuan: "We found the ideals of liberty, fraternity and equality were not for our people" -- Oanh: "The deciding reason I did not become a refugee was I went to study in the U.S." -- Thanh: "We had private lives but suppressed them. But we are, after all, human beings" -- Trang: "I was prepared for any sacrifice or risk" -- Minh: "I led two lives" -- Le An: "The theme of our work in putting on plays was revolution" -- Sen: "We thought of ourselves as working for the people, not a particular party" -- Tuyen: "Everyone thought, if a certain event happens, all ills would be cured. Everyone was wrong." -- Lien An: "Through the education we got in the north, we understood what we had to do" -- Xuan: "There was so much hatred. We could not stay indifferent; something had to be done" -- Oanh: "'French are very nice in France, and very colonialist in the colonies.' Americans were exactly the same" -- Reuniting. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812199903321 |
Norland Patricia
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| Ithaca : , : Northern Illinois University Press, , 2021 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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