Political memories of conflict, economic land concessions, and political landscapes in the Lao People's Democratic Republic

Geoforum

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-69

  Baird, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Land grabbing; Landscape; Laos; Memory; Plantations; Politics

Indexed keywords

NEGOTIATION PROCESS; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL THEORY; RURAL LANDSCAPE; WAR;

LAOS;

EID: 84892644294     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.12.012     Document Type: Article

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