Author: Na-Mi Choi
Publisher: Big and SMALL
ISBN: 1925233529
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"The Mekong River is called "the lifeline of Vietnam." The Vietnamese people's lives are dependent on the river. They build houses on it, do business on their boats, and farm crops at the mouth of the great Mekong River. This book is about Tui who lives in a water village."--Page 4 of cover.
Song of the Mekong River
Author: Na-Mi Choi
Publisher: Big and SMALL
ISBN: 1925233529
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"The Mekong River is called "the lifeline of Vietnam." The Vietnamese people's lives are dependent on the river. They build houses on it, do business on their boats, and farm crops at the mouth of the great Mekong River. This book is about Tui who lives in a water village."--Page 4 of cover.
Publisher: Big and SMALL
ISBN: 1925233529
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"The Mekong River is called "the lifeline of Vietnam." The Vietnamese people's lives are dependent on the river. They build houses on it, do business on their boats, and farm crops at the mouth of the great Mekong River. This book is about Tui who lives in a water village."--Page 4 of cover.
The Mekong
Author: Milton Osborne
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802196098
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
A “remarkable” history of the great river of Southeast Asia (Jill Ker Conway, author of The Road from Coorain). The Mekong River runs over nearly three thousand miles, beginning in the mountains of Tibet and flowing through China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam before emptying into the China Sea. Its waters are the lifeblood of Southeast Asia, and first begot civilization on the fertile banks of its delta region at Oc Eo nearly two millennia ago. This is the story of the peoples and cultures of the great river, from these obscure beginnings to the emergence of today’s independent nations. Drawing on research gathered over forty years, Milton Osborne traces the Mekong’s dramatic history through the rise and fall of civilizations and the era of colonization and exploration. He details the struggle for liberation during a twentieth century in which Southeast Asia has seen almost constant conflict, including two world wars, the Indochina War, the Vietnam War, and its bloody aftermath—and explores the prospects for peace and prosperity as the region enters a new millennium. Along the way, he brings to life those who witnessed and shaped events along the river, including Chou Ta-kuan, the thirteenth-century Chinese envoy who recorded the glory of Angkor Wat, the capital of the Khmer Empire; the Iberian mercenaries Blas Ruiz and Diego Veloso, whose involvement in the intrigues of Cambodia’s royal family shook Southeast Asia’s politics in the sixteenth century; and the revolutionaries led by Ho Chi Minh, whose campaigns to liberate Vietnam from the French and unify the nation under communism changed the course of history. “[A] pathbreaking, ecologically informed chronicle . . . A pulsating journey through the heart of Southeast Asia.” —Publishers Weekly
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802196098
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
A “remarkable” history of the great river of Southeast Asia (Jill Ker Conway, author of The Road from Coorain). The Mekong River runs over nearly three thousand miles, beginning in the mountains of Tibet and flowing through China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam before emptying into the China Sea. Its waters are the lifeblood of Southeast Asia, and first begot civilization on the fertile banks of its delta region at Oc Eo nearly two millennia ago. This is the story of the peoples and cultures of the great river, from these obscure beginnings to the emergence of today’s independent nations. Drawing on research gathered over forty years, Milton Osborne traces the Mekong’s dramatic history through the rise and fall of civilizations and the era of colonization and exploration. He details the struggle for liberation during a twentieth century in which Southeast Asia has seen almost constant conflict, including two world wars, the Indochina War, the Vietnam War, and its bloody aftermath—and explores the prospects for peace and prosperity as the region enters a new millennium. Along the way, he brings to life those who witnessed and shaped events along the river, including Chou Ta-kuan, the thirteenth-century Chinese envoy who recorded the glory of Angkor Wat, the capital of the Khmer Empire; the Iberian mercenaries Blas Ruiz and Diego Veloso, whose involvement in the intrigues of Cambodia’s royal family shook Southeast Asia’s politics in the sixteenth century; and the revolutionaries led by Ho Chi Minh, whose campaigns to liberate Vietnam from the French and unify the nation under communism changed the course of history. “[A] pathbreaking, ecologically informed chronicle . . . A pulsating journey through the heart of Southeast Asia.” —Publishers Weekly
Decision List
Author: United States Board on Geographical Names
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Sailing Directions (enroute) for the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand
Author: United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic/Topographic Center
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aids to navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aids to navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1164
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1164
Book Description
Pa Mong Project, Laos-Thailand
Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mekong River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mekong River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Area Handbook for North Vietnam
Author: Harvey Henry Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vietnam
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
General study of North Viet Nam - covers historical and geographical aspects, labour force, demographic aspects and social structures, living conditions, education, cultural factors, tradition, religion, the system of government, foreign policy, the economic structure, trade unionism, trade, banking, national level defence, the armed forces, etc. Bibliography pp. 415 to 476, maps, and statistical tables.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vietnam
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
General study of North Viet Nam - covers historical and geographical aspects, labour force, demographic aspects and social structures, living conditions, education, cultural factors, tradition, religion, the system of government, foreign policy, the economic structure, trade unionism, trade, banking, national level defence, the armed forces, etc. Bibliography pp. 415 to 476, maps, and statistical tables.
Global Connections
Author: John Coatsworth
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521191890
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
Volume 1 of this undergraduate history textbook covers the origin of hominids through to the Middle Ages.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521191890
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
Volume 1 of this undergraduate history textbook covers the origin of hominids through to the Middle Ages.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Author: Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1598
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1598
Book Description
Gazetteer
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description