Author Nguyen Van Huyen(1908-1975):
former Minister of Education of D. R. v (1946- 1975), Mr. Nguyen Van Huyen held a Ph.D in literature and a B.A. in Law from The University of Paris. An eminent intellectural, he made valuable contributions to education in vietnam and carried out many works on Vietnamese culture, such as: "Alternating songs between boys and girls in Annam" (1934); "Introduction to the study of house-on- stilts in Southeast Asia"(1934); "The problem of Tonkinese peasently" (1939); "The ancient civilization of Vietnam" (1944), etc.
Content:
Publishers´ note
The Vietnamese race. Physical features
Chapter 1: The famile: Nha
Chapter 2: The commune: Lang
Chapter 3: The state: Nuoc
Chapter 4: The house
Chapter 5: The village
Chapter 6: Mainternance of the body: clothes, food, medicine
Chapter7: Economic production
Agriculture, fishing, Animal husbandry, Hunting
Chapter 8: Religuous Life
Chapter 9: Intellectual and artistical life