| The Legend of the Golden Boat: Regulation, Trade and Traders in the Borderlands of Laos, Thailand, China and Burma Contributor(s): Walker, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0824822560 ISBN-13: 9780824822569 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1999 Annotation: Based on extensive travel in the upper Mekong hinterland, this volume is a fascinating account of the lives of the transport operators, traders, entrepreneurs, and government officials. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | International - General - Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - General |
| Dewey: 382.095 |
| LCCN: 99028886 |
| Series: Anthropology of Asia |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.11" W x 9.15" (0.93 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |