Conclusion: Are the Mekong frontiers sites of exception?

On The Borders of State Power: Frontiers in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 101-111

  Walker, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84919551274     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203934708     Document Type: Chapter

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