(DOWNLOAD) "Textiles and Clothing of Việt Nam" by Michael C. Howard * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Textiles and Clothing of Việt Nam
- Author : Michael C. Howard
- Release Date : January 03, 2016
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 7734 KB
Description
Việt Nam is the home of more than fifty ethnic minorities--such as the Cham and Thai--many of which have distinctive clothing and weaving traditions linked to antiquity. The tight-fitting tunic called ao dai, widely recognized as a national symbol, has its roots in the country's 2,000-year history of textiles.
Beginning with silk production in the Bronze Age cultures of the Red River, this book covers textiles in Việt Nam--including bark-cloth, kapok and hemp--through the centuries of Chinese rule in the north, a number of independent feudal societies and the brief period of French colonial rule.