The rehabilitation of an uncomfortable past: Everyday life in Vietnam during the subsidy period (1975-1986)

History and Anthropology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-303

  MacLean, Ken ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Historiography; Material culture; Museum; Socialism; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 62949245996     PISSN: 02757206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757200802449915     Document Type: Review

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