The Legend of the Golden Boat

Regulation, Trade and Traders in the Borderlands of Laos, Thailand, China and Burma

von Andrew Walker

256 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The Legend of the Golden Boat provides a new approach to the study of Southeast Asia's northern borderlands. Based on extensive travel in the upper Mekong hinterland, it is a fascinating account of the lives of the transport operators, traders, entrepreneurs, and government officials. This ethnographic study is set against an intriguing background of war, revolution, and reform, providing one of the most detailed histories of the upper Mekong borderlands ever written.

Contemporary developments in the upper Mekong region are often interpreted in terms of the emergence of a trans-border Economic Quadrangle, characterized by liberalization, integration, and cooperation. This book seeks to go beyond this promotional rhetoric and explore the ambiguities and contradictions in the Quadrangle's development.

• ISBN: 9780824822569
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.09.1999
• Größe: 232 x 155 mm
• Verlag: University of Hawaii Press