Creating Laos: The Making of a Lao Space between Indochina and Siam, 1860–1945 Cult A significant contribution to the

A significant contribution to the ongoing debate on the nature of kinship in Southeast Asia

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Scot Barme mines a rich lode of previously ignored cultural ephemera found in popular newspapers

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Creating Laos: The Making of a Lao Space between Indochina and Siam, 1860–1945 Cult A significant contribution to theSren Ivarsson 2008, 240 pp., illus. First comprehensive study of the cultural aspects of Lao nationalism and the emergence of a specific Lao cultural identity. Deals with important aspects of the dynamics that contributed to the creation of Laos under French colonial rule. Draws on primary sources never before used in studies of Lao nationalism. A significant contribution not only to Lao historical studies, but also to the study of nation building in