Andrew Hardy, "Red Hills: Migrants and the State in the Highlands of Vietnam," (University of Hawaii Press, 2003)

Several million rural inhabitants of Vietnam’s northern deltas made the decision to move during the twentieth century, seeking to make new homes in the country’s highlands. This book offers a historical analysis of the political economy of migration, stimulated by the French colonial and independent socialist states. It shows how socialist policies especially changed the face of the highlands, as settlers from the plains turned the hills "red." Vietnam rural migration podcast historical analysis of Vietnam migration political economy of migration in Vietnam French colonial influence on Vietnam migration socialist policies and highland resettlement northern deltas migration to highlands Vietnam's highlands transformation colonial and socialist states' impact on migration twentieth-century migration in Vietnam settlers turning the hills "red" Vietnam migration under socialism highland resettlement in Vietnam history colonial and socialist Vietnam political economy Vietnam's highland development policies Vietnamese rural resettlement podcast East Asian Studies Podcast Southeast Asian Studies Vietnamese History Southeast Asian History Podcast