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David Andrew Biggs - Quagmire - 9780295990675 - V9780295990675
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Quagmire

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Description for Quagmire Hardcover. By exploring the delta as a quagmire in both natural and political terms, Biggs shows how engineered transformations of the Mekong Delta landscape-channelized rivers, a complex canal system, hydropower development, deforestation-have interacted with equally complex transformations in the geopolitics of the region. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 32 illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HBJF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 244 x 29. Weight in Grams: 568.

Winner of the 2012 George Perkins Marsh Prize for Best Book in Environmental History

In the twentieth century, the Mekong Delta has emerged as one of Vietnam’s most important economic regions. Its swamps, marshes, creeks, and canals have played a major role in Vietnam’s turbulent past, from the struggles of colonialism to the Cold War and the present day. Quagmire considers these struggles, their antecedents, and their legacies through the lens of environmental history.

Beginning with the French conquest in the 1860s, colonial reclamation schemes and pacification efforts centered on the development of a dense network of new canals to open land ... Read more

By exploring the delta as a quagmire in both natural and political terms, Biggs shows how engineered transformations of the Mekong Delta landscape - channelized rivers, a complex canal system, hydropower development, deforestation - have interacted with equally complex transformations in the geopolitics of the region. Quagmire delves beyond common stereotypes to present an intricate, rich history that shows how closely political and ecological issues are intertwined in the human interactions with the water environment in the Mekong Delta.


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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
Series
Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295990675
SKU
V9780295990675
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About David Andrew Biggs
David Biggs is assistant professor of history at the University of California, Riverside.

Reviews for Quagmire
Biggs has authored an exciting work that clearly breaks new ground. I have little doubt that the book will be well received by multiple audiences.
Shawn McHale
Asian Studies Review
Impressively written and well-researched.
Michitake Aso
Journal of Asian Studies
Quagmire is also an example of the challenges faced when trying to translate ambitions ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Quagmire


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