The nature of kingship : the weather-world in nineteenth-century Vietnam /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Dyt, Kathryn, author.
Imprint:	Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2025]
Description:	1 online resource ( xxiii, 265 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Nature and civilization -- Vietnam -- History. Human ecology -- Vietnam -- History -- Philosophy. Vietnam -- Kings and rulers. Vietnam -- Court and courtiers -- History. Vietnam -- History -- Nguyễn dynasty, 1802-1945.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13826103

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Weather-world in nineteenth-century Vietnam
ISBN:	9780824899820 0824899822 9780824899837 0824899830 9780824899806
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 27, 2024).
Other form:	Print version: Dyt, Kathryn. Nature of kingship Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2024] 9780824899806

Table of Contents:

Intro
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Note on Language
Time Line
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Embodying Land: Populations, Power, and Elemental Flows
2. Weathering the Realm: The Nguy¿n Postal Route and the Transmission of Weather Information
3. Divining the Skies: Observation and an Experiential Sense of Place
4. Interpreting Heaven's Messages and Writing History
5. Calling for Wind and Rain: Rituals for the Environment
6. Writing Weather Poetry: Emotion, Expression, and Affective Rule
Conclusion
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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