Short History of Laos, A: The Land in Between Buddhism and Bounthavy Sisouphanthong and Taillard’s

and Bounthavy Sisouphanthong and Taillard’s Atlas of Laos: The Spatial Structures of Economic and Social Development (Copenhagen

in the History of Art from the University of Michigan in 1983 with the dissertation

Laos and Cambodia

and why contracts and agreements are ignored almost immediately after they are signed

The Enduring Sacred Landscape of the Naga recounts the lived texture of human experience in the Mekong River valley

Short History of Laos, A: The Land in Between Buddhism and Bounthavy Sisouphanthong and Taillard’sLaos, perhaps the least known country in mainland Southeast Asia, stands at the regions crossroads. This small land in between is surrounded by China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar (Burma)countries which, in pre modern times, provided Lao kings with a field for territorial expansion. But more often, Laos has been a bridge between these powerful neighbours and an arena in which they and their allies have interfered. Here, Grant Evans brings