| Description |
xvi, 251 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (1 color) ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Short history of Asia series |
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Short history of Asia series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-240) and index. |
| Contents |
Before Laos: Tai -- Lan Xang kingdom -- Rise and fall of Lan Xang -- Last of the warrior kings -- Luang Phrabang in the nineteenth century -- Lao and Siamese -- Le Laos Francais: Laos mapped -- La mission civilatrice -- Colonial administration -- Revolts -- C olonial society -- Nationalism -- Lao Issara movement -- End of colonialism -- Royal Lao government: 1950s; years of optimism -- American mission civilatrice -- Phu nyai politics -- Life under the Pather Lao -- Minorities -- War, and the destruction of the RLG: War years -- New society? -- Final coalition -- Lao People's Democratic Republic: Exodus -- Prison camps -- Hmong resistance -- National security -- Vietnam's mission civiliatrice -- Collectivisation -- Stabilisation -- Only one party -- Culture and society -- Minorities -- New economic contradictions -- One step forward, two steps backward -- Laos in the modern world: Region -- Diaspora -- History and nation. |
| Subject |
Laos -- History.
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| Added Title |
Laos |
| ISBN |
1864489979 paperback |
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9781864489972 paperback |
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