Customs and Culture of
VIETNAM
Customs and
Culture of
VIETNAM
by Ann Caddell Crawford
Illustrations by Hau Dinh Cam
CHARLES E. TUTTLE CO.: PUBLISHERS
Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan
Representatives
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Australasia: Paul Flesch & Co., Pty. Ltd., Melbourne
Published by the Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc.
of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan
with editorial offices at
Osaki Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0032
Copyright in Japan, by Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc.
All rights reserved
Library of Congress
Catalog Card No. 66-16721
ISBN: 978-1-4629-1316-9 (ebook)
Book design & typography by Keiko Chiba
PRINTED IN JAPAN
DEDICATION
To my husband
Major William R. Crawford
and my mother
Mrs. Carl Lamar Caddell Sr.
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
Ann Crawford's book on the customs and culture of Vietnam fulfills a need for a source book of basic information on a nation which was unknown to Americans a few years ago but which is now the object of national attention.
To Americans who come to Vietnam without having first acquainted themselves with the customs of this ancient nation, Mrs. Crawford's highly readable book will be of great assistance.
To some persons, an assignment to a foreign land where the people and the customs appear to be extremely different impels exclusive association with other Americans, reliance on American food and isolation of oneself from one's surroundings.
Such
