Making spaces: The ethnic Brao people and the international border between Laos and Cambodia

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 271-281

  Baird, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Cambodia; Human agency; International border; Laos; Power

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; BOUNDARY DISPUTE; ETHNIC GROUP; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; NATION STATE; POLITICAL HISTORY;

CAMBODIA; LAOS;

EID: 76449121179     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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