ISBN: 0521597463
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
1997 - kartoniert - 269 Seiten

This is the first English-language general history of Laos, the smallest of the former countries and territories once part of French Indochina. An authoritative and wide-ranging account, the book takes in the country's early history, but concentrates on the modern period following World War II. This book is an impressive political, social, cultural and economic history of Laos, detailing the Lao people's struggle for unity and independence. It is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand Laos as it joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, faces great economic challenges, and struggles to maintain its cultural identity in a rapidly changing world.
(The Publisher)