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Dreams of the Hmong Kingdom - The Quest for Legitimation in French Indochina, 1850-1960 (Paperback)
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Dreams of the Hmong Kingdom - The Quest for Legitimation in French Indochina, 1850-1960 (Paperback)
Series: New Perspectives in Southeast Asian Studies
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Countering notions that Hmong history begins and ends with the
"Secret War" in Laos of the 1960s and 1970s, Dreams of the Hmong
Kingdom reveals how the Hmong experience of modernity is grounded
in their sense of their own ancient past, when this now-stateless
people had their own king and kingdom, and illuminates their
political choices over the course of a century in a highly
contested region of Asia. China, Vietnam, and Laos, the Hmong
continuously negotiated with these states and with the French to
maintain political autonomy in a world of shifting boundaries,
emerging nation-states, and contentious nationalist movements and
ideologies. Often divided by clan rivalries, the Hmong placed their
hope in finding a leader who could unify them and recover their
sovereignty. In a compelling analysis of Hmong society and
leadership throughout the French colonial period, Mai Na M. Lee
identifies two kinds of leaders-political brokers who allied
strategically with Southeast Asian governments and with the French,
and messianic resistance leaders who claimed the Mandate of Heaven.
The continuous rise and fall of such leaders led to cycles of
collaboration and rebellion. After World War II, the powerful Hmong
Ly clan and their allies sided with the French and the new monarchy
in Laos, but the rival Hmong Lo clan and their supporters allied
with Communist coalitions. Lee argues that the leadership struggles
between Hmong clans destabilized French rule and hastened its
demise. Martialing an impressive array of oral interviews conducted
in the United States, France, and Southeast Asia, augmented with
French archival documents, she demonstrates how, at the margins of
empire, minorities such as the Hmong sway the direction of history.
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