Textiles and clothing of Viet Nam : a history /
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| Author / Creator: | Howard, Michael C., author. |
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| Imprint: | Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016] ©2016 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 211 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13540033 |
| Summary: | Việt Nam is the home of more than fifty ethnic minorities--such as the Cham and Thai--many of which have distinctive clothing and weaving traditions linked to antiquity. The tight-fitting tunic called ao dai, widely recognized as a national symbol, has its roots in the country's 2,000-year history of textiles. Beginning with silk production in the Bronze Age cultures of the Red River, this book covers textiles in Việt Nam--including bark-cloth, kapok and hemp--through the centuries of Chinese rule in the north, a number of independent feudal societies and the brief period of French colonial rule. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 211 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-204) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781476624402 1476624402 9781476663326 1476663327 |