Upland Geopolitics Postwar Laos and the Global Land Rush

Cold War legacies in Southeast Asia enable new geographies of enclosure In the twenty-first century, land deals in the Global South have become increasingly prevalent and controversial. Transnational access to arable land in impoverished "land-rich" countries in Latin America, Sub-Saharan...

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Main Author: Dwyer, Michael B. (auth)
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Language:English
Published: University of Washington Press 2022
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