{"product_id":"the-great-hanoi-rat-hunt-michael-g-vann-9780190602697","title":"The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empire, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empire, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam\u003c\/em\u003e tells the darkly humorous story of the French colonial state's failed efforts to impose its vision of modernity upon the colonial city of Hanoi, Vietnam. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart of the \u003cstrong\u003eGraphic Histories series\u003c\/strong\u003e, this book offers a case study in the history of imperialism, highlighting the racialized economic inequalities of empire, colonization as a form of modernization, and industrial capitalism's creation of a radical power differential between \"the West and the rest.\" On a deeper level, \u003cem\u003eThe Great Hanoi Rat Hunt \u003c\/em\u003eexamines the contradictions unique to the French Third Republic's colonial \"civilizing mission,\" the development of Vietnamese resistance to French rule, and the history of disease. Featuring forty-nine primary sources--many available in English for the first time--and three full-color maps, \u003cem\u003eThe Great Hanoi Rat Hunt \u003c\/em\u003eillustrates the ironic and tragic ways in which modernization projects can have unintended consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael G. Vann, Liz Clarke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190602694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190602697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Michael G. Vann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44133347983615,"sku":"9780190602697","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b5dec665-4ed2-4740-8fec-d60f4bef034c.jpg?v=1687485571","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-great-hanoi-rat-hunt-michael-g-vann-9780190602697","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}