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Vientiane: Transformations of a Lao Landscape
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MARC ASKEW / WILLIAM S. LOGAN / COLIN YOUNG, Vientiane: Transformations of a Lao Landscape. London, New York: Routledge, 2007. XXI, 265 pp., 6 figures, 5 tables, and 31 plates, £ 75.00. ISBN 978-0-41533141-8 (hbk), ISBN 978-0-203-39252-2 (ebk)
Guide books and travelogues describe Vientiane, the capital of Laos, as a dreamy, rustic town, which - almost village-like in appearance - is the perfect mirror image of a predominantly agrarian country, not yet urbanised. To do away with this stereotype is the stated intention of the authors of this book: Marc Askew, an Associate Professor at Victoria ...
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