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Can I read A Dragon Apparent: Travels in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam on EtoBox?

A Dragon Apparent: Travels in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam by Norman Lewis is a reference work available to read on EtoBox.

What is A Dragon Apparent: Travels in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam about?

Travelling through Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in the twilight of the French colonial regime, Norman Lewis witnesses these ancient civilisations as they were before the terrible devastation of the Vietnam War. He creates a portrait of traditional societies struggling to retain their integrity in the embrace of the West. He meets emperors and slaves, brutal plantation owners and sympathetic French officers trapped by the economic imperatives of the colonial experiment. From tribal animists to Viet-Minh guerillas, he witnesses this heart-breaking struggle over and over, leaving a vital portrait of a society on the brink of catastrophic change.

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Author
Norman Lewis
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Published
2011
Language
EN
ISBN
9781906011796
Category
reference
Subjects
History, Travel, Biography
Rating
3.92 / 5 (297 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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