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The Khmer lands of Vietnam environment, cosmology, and sovereignty Philip Taylor.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: ASAA Southeast Asia publications seriesPublication details: Singapore NUS Press 2014.Description: xvii, 316 pages illustrations, map 23 cmISBN:
  • 9789971697785
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.2089959620597 TAY
Contents:
Coastal dune belt: monastic sovereignty in the forested archipelago Coastal river-dune complex: a narrative confederation Freshwater rivers: displacement and refuge along the rivers of the central delta Saltwater rivers: sovereign nature and tidal history in a Khmer river basin Flooded mountains: encircled by water, divided by nations Flooded mountains: encircled by water, divided by nations Oceanside mountains: nature and subsidence between swamp and sea The northeast uplands: primitive modernity in the forest metropole.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-298) and index.

Coastal dune belt: monastic sovereignty in the forested archipelago Coastal river-dune complex: a narrative confederation Freshwater rivers: displacement and refuge along the rivers of the central delta Saltwater rivers: sovereign nature and tidal history in a Khmer river basin Flooded mountains: encircled by water, divided by nations Flooded mountains: encircled by water, divided by nations Oceanside mountains: nature and subsidence between swamp and sea The northeast uplands: primitive modernity in the forest metropole.

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