DIRK VAN DER CRUYSSE
Written by a former senior Lao official in international cooperation
The Living Mekong shows how the Mekong's seasonal rise and fall shapes daily life for the people who live on and around it
France and Greece
now published in English as Siam and the West
Living in a Globalized World: Ethnic Minorities in the Greater Mekong Subregion Literature DIRK VAN DER CRUYSSEEdited by Don McCaskill, Prasit Leepreecha, and He Shaoying Indigenous peoples in Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and Yunnan (in China) live in a region of massive change, fuelled by the rise of China, the end of war or sanctions, open door policies, and regional integration. Policies aimed at minorities or developing upland areas, as well as transformations wrought by migration, highways, hydropower, the Internet and other media, and tourism are all