Human Trafficking in Colonial Vietnam (Paperback)

Examining the widespread phenomenon of human trafficking in Vietnam during the period of French colonial rule, this book focuses on the practice of kidnapping or stealing Vietnamese women and children for sale in Chinese markets from the 1870s through to the 1940s. The book brings to light the fact that human trafficking between Vietnam and China existed prior to more contemporary instances of this trade. It provides information as to the perpetrators, the nature, and the scope of this illicit commerce and its impact on the lives of its victims, who were mainly domestic servants, concubines or prostitutes. The book also examines the ways in which French colonial actors (missionaries, administrators, military officers, adventurers and observers, and consuls) reported, described, and reacted to it, and goes on to analyse the impact of human trafficking on the concept of French 'prestige' and on the French colonial project in Vietnam. Human trafficking in colonial Vietnam illustrates the tensions and the conflicts not only between the French and the Vietnamese, but also between the Vietnamese and the Chinese, as well as between the colons and the French colonial administration, and between the colonial and metropolitan governments. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of Southeast Asian History, Colonial History and Criminology.

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
Release date:	October 2017
First published:	2015
Authors:	Micheline Lessard
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	152
ISBN-13:	978-0-8153-6805-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Organized crime > General
LSN:	0-8153-6805-4
Barcode:	9780815368052

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