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Ref ID: 19927
Ref Type: Book
Authors: Stuart-Fox, Martin
Title: The Lao Kingdom of Lān Xāng: rise and decline
Date: 1998
Place of Publication: Bangkok, Thailand
Publisher: White Lotus Press
Notes: Description: A history of the great Lao kingdom that flourished in the middle Mekong region between the 14th and 18th centuries. Chapters deal with prehistory of Laos, the Tai-Lao migrations, Vietnamese and Burmese invasions and the arrival of the first Europeans, the breakup of the Lao kingdom, the significance of the Lao-Siamese war of 1827-28, and the French annexation of Lao territories in 1893.
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