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

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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.

Who reads A Dragon Apparent: Travels in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam?

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