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The legend of the golden boat : regulation, trade and traders in the borderlands of Laos, Thailand, China, and Burma / Andrew Walker.
- Title
- The legend of the golden boat : regulation, trade and traders in the borderlands of Laos, Thailand, China, and Burma / Andrew Walker.
- Author
- Walker, Andrew, 1961-
- Publication
- Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c1999.
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- Description
- xviii, 232 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "This book provides a new approach to the study of South-East Asia's northern borderlands. Based on extensive travel in the upper-Mekong hinterland, it is an account of the lives of the transport operators, traders, entrepreneurs and government officials who are contributing to the contemporary revival in upper-Mekong cross-border connections. This ethnographic study is set against an intriguing background of war, revolution and reform, providing one of the most detailed histories of the region ever written."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Anthropology of Asia series
- Uniform Title
- Anthropology of Asia series.
- Subject
- Ethnology > Mekong River Region
- Shipping > Mekong River
- Trade regulation > Laos
- Trade regulation > Thailand
- Trade regulation > China
- Trade regulation > Burma
- Borderlands > Mekong River Region
- Inland water transportation > Mekong River
- Laos > Boundaries
- Thailand > Boundaries
- China > Boundaries
- Burma > Boundaries
- Mekong River Region > Commerce
- Note
- Originally published: Richmond : Curzon, 1998.
- Revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral--Australian National University).
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-224) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Prologue: The Legend of the Golden Boat -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Regimes of Regulation: 1800-1988 -- 3. North-Western Laos and the Economic Quadrangle -- 4. Borders, Frontier Communities and the State: Cross-River Boat Operators in Chiang Khong -- 5. Restricted Access: Carrying Cargo in the Borderlands -- 6. Women, Space and History: Long-Distance Trade -- 7. Entrepreneurs, Bureaucrats and the Army: Sawmills and the Timber Trade -- 8. Conclusion -- Epilogue: The Legend of the Golden Boat.
- ISBN
- 0824822552 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0824822560 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^99028886^
- OCLC
- 41143078
- SCSB-9986826
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library