The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empire, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam [1 ed.] 0190602694, 9780190602697

"Tells the darkly humorous story of the French colonial state's failed efforts to impose its vision of moderni

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The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empire, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam [1 ed.]
0190602694, 9780190602697

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