Short History of Laos, A: The Land in Between Buddhism in the History of Art

in the History of Art from the University of Michigan in 1983 with the dissertation

students and teachers in a coalition that threatened entrenched interests

The author presents new ideas about the ancient cultural geography of South and Southeast Asia

and of the problems they encounter

foresters and forest-dependent people

Short History of Laos, A: The Land in Between Buddhism in the History of ArtLaos, perhaps the least known country in mainland Southeast Asia, stands at the regions crossroads. This small land in between is surrounded by China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar (Burma)countries which, in pre modern times, provided Lao kings with a field for territorial expansion. But more often, Laos has been a bridge between these powerful neighbours and an arena in which they and their allies have interfered. Here, Grant Evans brings