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Quagmire : nation-building and nature in the Mekong Delta /
"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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press,
©2010.
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| Series: | Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword: Nation-making in the Mekong mire / William Cronon
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Water's edge
- Water grid
- Hydroagricultural crisis
- Balkanization
- Modernization
- American War
- Epilogue.