Martin Stuart-Fox
Author
Publisher
White Lotus Co., Ltd
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
xvi, 234 p. : maps
Language
English
Formats
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.