Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 2002. Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Light corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. xv + 383 pages.

Contents: On the writing of Lao history / Martin Stuart-Fox -- Wen Dan and its neighbours, the Central Mekong Valley in the seventh and eighth centuries / Tatsuo Hoshino -- Evolution of the chronicle of Luang Prabang / Souneth Phothisane -- Early European impressions of the Lao / Mayoury Ngaosrivathana and Pheuiphanh Ngaosrivathana -- The universal history, an early European account of Lao / Meg O'Donovan -- The Kingdom of Laos / Universal History -- The Quy Hop archive, Vietnamese-Lao relations reflected in border-post documents dating from 1619 to 1880 / Tran Van Quy -- The Lao-Tay-son alliance, 1792 and 1793 / Kennon Breazeale -- Millenarian movements in Laos, 1895-1936 / Bernard Gay -- Laos mapped by treaty and decree, 1895-1907 / Kennon Breazeale.

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Bookseller: Books of the World (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: RWARE0000000242
Title: Breaking New Ground In Lao History: Essays On The Seventh To Twentieth Centuries
Author: Mayoury Ngaosrivathana; Martin Stuart-Fox; Tatsuo Hoshino; Souneth Phothisane; Mayoury Ngaosrivathana; Pheuiphanh Ngaosrivathana; Meg O'Donovan; Tran Van Quy; Kennon Breazeale; Bernard Gay
Format/Binding: Trade Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 9747551934
ISBN 13: 9789747551938
Publisher: Silkworm Books
Place of Publication: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Date Published: 2002
Pages: xv + 383
Size: 8vo
Keywords: history, kingdom, foreign, international, alliances, relations, millenarian movements, geography, treaties, Quy Hop, Tay-son, Vietnam, Wen Dan, Mekong Valley, Luang Prabang, Lao, Laos
Bookseller catalogs: Laos; History; Asia; Vietnam and the Vietnam War;

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