[PDF.72vo] Quagmire: Nation-Building and Nature in the Mekong Delta (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books)

Quagmire: Nation-Building and Nature in the Mekong Delta (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books)

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 | #1231335 in Books |  University of Washington Press |  2012-04-06 |  2012-04-09 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.72 x5.98l,1.10 | File type: PDF | 320 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Stuck in a Quagmire|By Szenta|Quagmire is a very readable book with a deceivingly simple premise -- geography and geology matter. While Biggs does not delve into much of the colonial world of Vietnam -- either French or American -- his focus on water management in the Mekong Delta was the right move. Others have taken up the more sticky problems of 20th Century Vietnamese pol| |". . . Biggs has authored an exciting work that clearly breaks new ground. I have little doubt that the book will be well received by multiple audiences."―Shawn McHale, Asian Studies , Vol. 37(2)|"Quagmire is also an example of the challenges

Winner of the 2012 George Perkins Marsh Prize for Best Book in Environmental History

In the twentieth century, the Mekong Delta has emerged as one of Vietnam’s most important economic regions. Its swamps, marshes, creeks, and canals have played a major role in Vietnam’s turbulent past, from the struggles of colonialism to the Cold War and the present day. Quagmire considers these struggles, their antecedents, and their legacies through the lens ...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Quagmire: Nation-Building and Nature in the Mekong Delta (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books)   |  David Andrew Biggs. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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