Download or read book Essays Into Vietnamese Pasts written by John K. Whitmore and published by SEAP Publications. This book was released on 1995 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays that demonstrate ways to "read" the pasts of Vietnam through detailed analyses of its art, chronicles, legends, documents, and monuments. The book's many voices undermine the idea of a single Vietnamese past. All the essays, while varied, are connected by their common concerns with language and text.