Vientiane : transformations of a Lao landscape / Marc Askew, William S. Logon and Colin Long
Imprint
London : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2010
Descript
xxi, 265 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Vientiane, capital on the margins : urbanism, history and Lao identity -- Urbanism and the Lao world of the Mekong Valley -- From glory to ruins -- Land of the lotus-eaters : Vientiane under the French -- Arena of the Cold War -- The pathet Lao capital -- Reshaping Vientiane in a global age