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Mad About the Mekong Exploration & Empire in South East Asia John Keay (HB 2005)
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- ISBN
- 9780007111138
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Mad about the Mekong: Exploration and Empire in South East Asia
- Item Height
- 240 mm
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Subject
- Geography & Geosciences, History
- Item Weight
- 613 g
- Item Width
- 159 mm
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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A dramatic journey that both retraces the historic voyage of France's greatest 19th-century explorer up the mysterious Mekong river and paints a portrait of the river and its peoples today. Any notion of sailing up the Mekong in homage to Francis Garnier has been unthinkable till now. From its delta in Vietnam up through Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Burma and on into China, the Mekong has been a no-go river, its turbulent waters fouled by ideological barriers as formidable as its natural obstacles. But recently the political obstacles have begun to be dismantled: river traffic is reviving. John Keay describes the world of the Mekong as it is today, rehabilitating a traumatised geography while recreating the thrilling and historic voyage of Garnier in 1866. The French expedition was intended to investigate the 'back door' into China by outflanking the British and American conduits of commerce at Hong Kong and Shanghai. Two naval gunboats headed upriver into the green unknown, bearing crack troops, naturalists, geologists and artists. The two-year expedition's failures and successes, and the tragedy and acrimony that marked it, make riveting reading.
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HarperCollins
ISBN-13
9780007111138
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320 Pages
Publication Name
Mad about the Mekong: Exploration and Empire in South East Asia
Language
English
Subject
Geography & Geosciences, History
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
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Item Height
240 mm
Item Weight
613 g
Item Width
159 mm
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United Kingdom
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