The Legend of the Golden Boat: Regulation, Trade and Traders in the Borderlands of Laos, Thailand, China, and Burma

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ISBN: 9780824822569 | 0824822560
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 6/1/1999

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Based on extensive travel in the upper Mekong hinterland, this volume is a fascinating account of the lives of the transport operators, traders, entrepreneurs, and government officials.

List of tables

vii

List of maps

viii

List of plates

Preface

xii

Languages, names and currency

Abbreviations

xviii

Prologue: The Legend of the Golden Boat

(2)

Introduction

(22)

The Economic Quadrangle

(2)

Beyond ``the periphery'': analysing the borderlands

(12)

North-western Laos: an overview

(8)

Regimes of Regulation: 1800--1988

(39)

Introduction: the myth of Lao isolation

(2)

Nan and Louangphabang: 1800--1893

(14)

The French colonial failure: 1893--1953

(10)

Two zones: 1962--1975

(6)

Restricted access: 1976--1988

(5)

Conclusion: rediscovering the ``periphery''

(2)

North-Western Laos and the Economic Quadrangle

(29)

Introduction: rhetoric and reality

(1)

Components of the quadrangle

(4)

Re-establishing trading connections

(7)

Transit routes through north-western Laos

(11)

Conclusion: the demise of the state?

(6)

Borders, Frontier Communities and the State: Cross-River Boat Operators in Chiang Khong

(20)

Introduction: the irony of the khoji

(2)

Cross-river boat operators in Chiang Khong

(5)

Maintaining borders: Cross-river boat operators and the regulation of passage

100

(4)

Boat operators, local authority and the state

104

(7)

Conclusion: collaborative borders

111

(2)

Restricted Access: Carrying Cargo in the Borderlands

113

(25)

Introduction: independence and regulation

113

(1)

Long-distance truck and boat operations

114

(10)

Long-distance transport and the state

124

(10)

Conclusion: regulatory nonchalance?

134

(4)

Women, Space and History: Long-Distance Trade

138

(25)

Introduction: mobile women

138

(2)

From Chiang Khong to Oudomaxai and Mengla

140

(10)

A space of opportunity

150

(9)

Conclusion: travelling identities

159

(4)

Entrepreneurs, Bureaucrats and the Army: Sawmills and the Timber Trade

163

(23)

Introduction: incident at Sin Udom

163

(3)

Entrepreneurs: Thai investment in sawmilling

166

(4)

Bureaucrats: regulating the timber industry

170

(7)

The Army: changing the rules

177

(5)

Conclusion: a new regional resource economy?

182

(4)

Conclusion

186

(8)

Regulation and liberalisation

186

(3)

The future of the Economic Quadrangle

189

(5)

Epilogue: The Legend of the Golden Boat

194

(2)

Bibliography

196

(29)

Index

225

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The Legend of the Golden Boat: Regulation, Trade and Traders in the Borderlands of Laos, Thailand, China, and Burma

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