Creating Laos: The Making of a Lao Space between Indochina and Siam, 1860–1945 Cult in the 1990s

in the 1990s

written when he was King Narai's personal envoy to Louis XIV and Pope Innocent XI

This pioneering study of the fate of Buddhism during the communist period in Cambodia puts a human face on a dark period in Cambodia’s history

University of Copenhagen

Anderson is Professor of Research in the Department of Anthropology at Brown University

Creating Laos: The Making of a Lao Space between Indochina and Siam, 1860–1945 Cult in the 1990sSren Ivarsson 2008, 240 pp., illus. First comprehensive study of the cultural aspects of Lao nationalism and the emergence of a specific Lao cultural identity. Deals with important aspects of the dynamics that contributed to the creation of Laos under French colonial rule. Draws on primary sources never before used in studies of Lao nationalism. A significant contribution not only to Lao historical studies, but also to the study of nation building in