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The Mekong : turbulent past, uncertain future / Milton Osborne

By:

Osborne, Milton E [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Grove Press, [2000]Edition: First Grove Press paperback editionDescription: xvi, 295 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), mapsContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0802138020

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

959.7

Contents:

Part I. Beginnings, discovery and the colonial

Monuments, tombs and a great river

A river gives birth to an empire

Priests, freebooters and merchants : Europeans discover the Mekong

Filling in the blanks on the map : Henri Mouhot and the rediscovery of Angkor

The Mekong explored : from hope to disappointment

The Mekong explored : from disappointment to tragedy

Gunboats and `conquered hearts' : exploration and imperial rivalry along the Mekong

Navigating the Mekong : challenge, illusion and defeat

Fear and fascination : the colonial years along the Mekong

Part II. Wars and their aftermath

War, failed peace and plans for the Mekong

War, victory and defeat along the Mekong

Tragedies of peace

Part III. Present imperfect, future uncertain

The Mekong at peace : dams, plans and controversies i

The Mekong at peace : dams, plans and controversies ii

Bridges over troubled waters and lands : present imperfect, future uncertain

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	Project 8 Branch Reference Section	Circulation	C 959.7 Os81m 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	126567d

Originally published in 2000 by Allen & Unwin, St. Leonard, Australia.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-283) and index.