Laos - Arthur J Dommen

Laos

Keystone Of Indochina

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
202 Seiten
2019
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-01650-0 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
In this analytic introduction to Laos, Arthur Dommen traces first the country's history and culture up to its independence from France in 1954. 
Theravada Buddhists in the lowlands and animists in the mountains, the people of Laos have wanted nothing more than to live at peace. Unfortunately, their country's location between two more powerful neighbors, Vietnam and Thailand, has made it the victim of invasion and domination since the fifteenth century. In this analytic introduction to Laos,

Arthur J. Dommen is an agricultural economist with the Africa and Middle East Branch, International Economics Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. He was formerly bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times in Tokyo, New Delhi, and Saigon and for United Press International in Saigon and Hong Kong, as well as a Paris correspondent covering the Vietnam negotiations in 1968 and 1969.

Preface -- Land and People -- The Precolonial Period (to 1893) -- The Colonial Period and the First Geneva Conference (1893–1954) -- Independence to the Second Geneva Conference (1954–1962) -- The Final Years of the Kingdom (1962–1975) -- Lao People's Democratic Republic (1975-Present) -- Foreign Relations -- The Economy -- Culture and Society -- Prospects

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 146 x 229 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10 0-367-01650-8 / 0367016508
ISBN-13 978-0-367-01650-0 / 9780367016500
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