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Number of Pages: 250 Pages
Publication Name: Upland Geopolitics : Postwar Laos and the Global Land Rush
Language: English
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication Year: 2022
Subject: Asia / Southeast Asia, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Economics / General
Item Height: 0.5 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Subject Area: Nature, Social Science, Business & Economics, History
Author: Michael B. Dwyer
Item Length: 9 in
Series: Culture, Place, and Nature Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
