19 novembre 2018
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Sylvie Fanchette et al., « Handicrafts in the red river Delta: history repeating itself », IRD Éditions, ID : 10.4000/books.irdeditions.26079
Vietnam is unusual in that its industries are not entirely concentrated in the cities. Although village dwellers of the Red River Delta give precedence to growing rice, they began very early on to integrate industry and handicrafts into the rural economy. During the feudal era, such activities were practised in specialised villages rather than in cities; the latter stood as symbols of power and were regarded as religious and political centres, as well as business hubs for trade with the outsi...