Vientiane : transformations of a Lao landscape /

Vientiane : transformations of a Lao landscape /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Askew, Marc.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
Description:	xxi, 265 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Routledge studies in Asia's transformations ; 16 Routledge studies in Asia's transformations.
Subject:	Cities and towns -- Laos -- Viangchan. Urbanization -- Laos -- Viangchan. Cities and towns. Civilization. Politics and government Urbanization. Viangchan (Laos) -- History. Laos -- Politics and government. Mekong River Valley -- Civilization. Laos. Laos -- Viangchan. Mekong River Valley. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6229967

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Other authors / contributors:	Logan, William Stewart, 1942- Long, Colin, 1966-
ISBN:	0415331412 (hbk.) 9780415331418 (hbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-257) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Plates
Acknowledgements
Note on Lao/Thai word transliteration
Acronyms
Foreword
1. Vientiane, capital on the margins: urbanism, history and Lao identity
2. Urbanism and the Lao world of the Mekong Valley
3. From glory to ruins
4. Land of the lotus-eaters: Vientiane under the French
5. Arena of the Cold War
6. The Pathet Lao capital
7. Reshaping Vientiane in a global age
Notes
Bibliography
Index