Upland geopolitics : postwar Laos and the global land rush / Michael B. Dwyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dwyer, Michael B., author.

Series:

Culture, place, and nature

Culture, place, and nature : studies in anthropology and environment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land use, Rural--Government policy--Laos.

Land use, Rural.

Uplands--Economic aspects--Laos.

Uplands.

Land tenure--Laos.

Land tenure.

Rubber plantations--Political aspects--Laos.

Rubber plantations.

Rubber industry and trade--Laos--Foreign ownership.

Rubber industry and trade.

Investments, Foreign--Laos.

Investments, Foreign.

Economic development--Laos.

Economic development.

Rural development--Laos.

Rural development.

Laos--Foreign economic relations--China.

Laos.

China--Foreign economic relations--Laos.

China.

International economic relations.

Land use, Rural--Government policy.

Physical Description:

xv, 230 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2022]

Summary:

"In the twenty-first century, transnational land deals in the Global South have become increasingly prevalent and controversial. Widely seen as a new global land grab, transnational access to arable land in impoverished "land-rich" countries in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia highlights the link between the shifting geopolitics of economic development and problems of food security, climate change, and regional and international trade. Drawing on ethnographic and archival research, Upland Geopolitics uses the case of Chinese agribusiness investment in northern Laos-one of China's first sustained forays into foreign land deals during the boom years of the early 2000s-to study the unbalanced geography of the new global land rush. Contemporary Laos serves as a stage on which the growing frustration with traditional Western assistance is leading to new forms of South-South development cooperation. Connecting the current rubber plantation boom to a longer trajectory of foreign intervention in the region, Upland Geopolitics reveals how legacies of Cold War conflict continue to pave the way for transnational enclosure in a socially uneven landscape"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Uneven Enclosure in Northwestern Laos

ch. Two A Real Country? Denationalizing the Lao Uplands, 1955

1975

ch. Three The Geography of Security: Population Management Work, 1975

2000

ch. Four Micro-Geopolitics: Turning Battlefields into Marketplaces, 2000

2018

ch. Five Paper Landscapes: State Formation and Spatial Legibility in Postwar Laos.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Dwyer, Michael B. Upland geopolitics

ISBN:

9780295750484

0295750480

9780295750491

0295750499

OCLC:

1286958447