Vientiane: Transformations of a Lao Landscape

by Marc Askew, Colin Long, William Logan, et al.

Book Overview

Providing insights into this neglected Southeast Asian city, this interesting book interprets Vientiane's landscape - physical as well as imagined - as a reflection of key aspects of Lao geo-political history, the nature of Lao urbanism, and its critical relation to constructions of Lao identity in the contemporary period. It is argued that the patterns of change seen through Vientiane's past embody the key political and economic processes and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415331412
• ISBN13: 9780415331418
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.6"