The Mekong : turbulent past, uncertain future
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The Mekong : turbulent past, uncertain future
Allen & Unwin, 2000
大学図書館所蔵 全2件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The Mekong is one of the world's great rivers, and by far the largest in Southeast Asia. Empires have risen and fallen in the lands through which the Mekong flows and it has been linked to remarkable adventure and exploration as well as war and massacre. Now that Indochina is at peace, new dangers threaten the river's future. The author has lived beside, travelled on and written about the Mekong, and here recounts the history of it from the earliest times to the 21st century. It is a history full of the stories of Spanish and Portuguese freebooters and missionaries who briefly held the fate of Cambodia in their hands; French explorers who were recognized in the 19th century as the equal of Burton and Livingstone, but are now largely forgotten, even in France; a martyred Cambodian monsignor and an Australian-educated Vietnamese reflecting on Communist rule. In the 20th century, the Mekong was at the heart of two wars, while one of the lands along its course, Cambodia, witnessed the terrible tyranny of the Pol Pot regime.
The book is a distillation of the river's history and also looks to the future, including the major dam building on the upper Mekong in China and the construction of dams on the lower Mekong's tributaries, with the risks they pose to the river's ecology.
目次
MapsIllustrationsPrefaceChronology of the Mekong River's historyProloguePART ONE - BEGINNINGS, DISCOVERY AND THE COLONIAL YEARSMonuments, Tombs and a Great RiverA River Gives Birth to an EmpirePriests, Freebooters and Merchants: Europeans Discover the MekongFilling in the Blanks on the Map: Henri Mouhot and the Rediscovery of AngkorThe Mekong Explored: From Hope to DisappointmentThe Mekong Explored: From Disappointment to TragedyGunboats and 'Conquered Hearts': Exploration and Imperial rivalry along the MekongNavigating the Mekong: Challenge, Illusion and DefeatFear and Fascination: The Colonial Years along the MekongPART TWO - WARS AND THEIR AFTERMATH ALONG THE MEKONGWar, Failed Peace and Plans for the MekongWar, Victory and Defeat along the MekongTragedies of PeacePART THREE - PRESENT IMPERFECT, FUTURE UNCERTAINThe Mekong at Peace: Dams, Plans and Controversies IThe Mekong at Peace: Dams, Plans and Controversies II
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