Sanda Simms

The Kingdoms of Laos

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Describes the changes in society over 600 years as Lan Xang was gradually dismembered and became a French colony.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 555g
• ISBN-13: 9780700711253
• ISBN-10: 0700711252
• Artikelnr.: 69992167

Autorenporträt

Simms, Sanda

Inhaltsangabe

1 Where the Lao World Began: Prehistory
1299 2 Laos: The Paradise of Riches: 1300
1373 3 Through Chaos to a New Order: 1373
1520 4 Pride Brings Disaster: 1520
1550 5 Wars and Invasions: 1550
1571 6 Seventy Years of Anarchy: 1571
1637 7 A New Golden Age: 1637
1698 8 The End of Lan Xang: 1698
1791 9 The Rise of Nationalism: 1791
1829 10 Siamese Dominance: 1829
1894 11 An Overview of Champasak History 12 An Overview of Xieng Khouang History 13 Re
united a French Protectorate: 1895
1905 

Rezensionen

'The present volume by Peter and Sanda Simms, dated 1999, fills the cup of those of us who follow events in Laos and seek lessons from its past history to overflowing.' - Arthur J. Dommen, The Royal Asiatic Society