Book review: Vietnam over the long twentieth century: Becoming modern, going global

Abstract

As part of the book series “Global Vietnam: Across Time, Space and Community”, edited by Liam C. Kelley and Phan Le Ha, the volume Vietnam Over the Long Twentieth Century: Becoming Modern, Going Global under the editorship of Liam C. Kelly and Gerald Sasges (2024) represents a significant contribution to Vietnam studies, offering a transdisciplinary exploration of Vietnam’s historical, cultural, and social dynamics in a global context. It makes a continued commitment to the series’ aim to advance scholarship on Vietnam by nurturing new voices and perspectives, reflecting the complexities of a globalised, decentralised knowledge production era.