Imperial Heights: Dalat and the Making and Undoing of French Indochina Volume 4

by Eric T. Jennings

Book Overview

Intended as a reminder of Europe for soldiers and clerks of the empire, the city of Dalat, located in the hills of Southern Vietnam, was built by the French in an alpine locale that reminded them of home. This book uncovers the strange 100-year history of a colonial city that was conceived as a center of power and has now become a kitsch tourist destination famed for its colonial villas, flower beds, pristine lakes, and pastoral landscapes. Eric T...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520272692
• ISBN13: 9780520272699
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"