Creating Laos
Download or Read eBook Creating Laos PDF written by Søren Ivarsson and published by NIAS Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Søren Ivarsson |
Publisher | : NIAS Press |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2008 |
ISBN-10 | : 9788776940232 |
ISBN-13 | : 8776940233 |
Rating | : 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Creating Laos by : Søren Ivarsson
Book excerpt: This book examines the process through which Laos came into existence under French colonial rule through to the end of World War II. Here, Laos's position at the intersection of two conflicting spatial layouts of "Thailand" and "Indochina" made its national form a particularly contested process. Rather than analyze this process in terms of administrative and political structures, the book discusses how a specific idea about a separate "Lao space" and its culture was formed.