State Legitimacy and the Dynamics of Resistance: Ethnic Minorities under the Nguyen Dynasty and French Colonial Rule

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Brief Overview

This paper explores why ethnic minorities resisted the Nguyen Dynasty more fiercely than the French, analyzing how state legitimacy, governance strategies, and cultural policies shaped the forms of resistance in Vietnam's multi-ethnic context.

Author

• Vu Luong, University of Florida