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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Grant Evans |
| ISBN: | 1864489979 9781864489972 1741150531 9781741150537 |
| OCLC Number: | 52312494 |
| Description: | xvi, 251 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (1 col.) ; 22 cm. |
| 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. |
| Series Title: | Short history of Asia series. |
| Other Titles: | Laos |
| Responsibility: | Grant Evans. |
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Abstract:
Chronicles the history of Laos, discussing such topics as its early kingdoms, French rule, the Royal Lao Government, and the impact of the Vietnam War.
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