Quagmire : nation-building and nature in the Mekong Delta /

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"In the twentieth century, the Mekong Delta emerged as one of Vietnam's most important economic regions. Its swamps, marshes, creeks, and canals played a major role in Vietnam's turbulent past, from the struggles of colonialism, to the the Cold War, and to the present day. [This book]...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Biggs, David A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2010.
Colección:Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
Temas:
Water resources development > Mekong River Delta (Vietnam and Cambodia)
Nation-building > Vietnam.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > Mékong, Delta du (Viêt-nam et Cambodge)
Reconstruction d'une nation > Viêt-nam.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
Ecology
Nation-building
Water resources development
Mekong River Delta (Vietnam and Cambodia) > Environmental conditions.
Mékong, Delta du (Viêt-nam et Cambodge) > Conditions environnementales.
Mekong River Delta
Vietnam
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword: Nation-making in the Mekong mire / William Cronon
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Water's edge
  • Water grid
  • Hydroagricultural crisis
  • Balkanization
  • Modernization
  • American War
  • Epilogue.

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