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12%OFFBrian Eyler - Last Days of the Mighty Mekong - 9781783607204 - V9781783607204
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Last Days of the Mighty Mekong

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Description for Last Days of the Mighty Mekong Hardback. Home to more than 70 million people, the Mekong basin is undergoing profound changes as a result of China's rise as a global economic power. Last Days of the Mekong explores the ways in which region's diverse patchwork of peoples are responding to these changes, and their struggles to save the Mekong's fragile ecosystem. Series: Asian Arguments. Num Pages: 163 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; GTF; JPSL; KCM; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140. .
Celebrated for its natural beauty and its abundance of wildlife, the Mekong river runs thousands of miles through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Its basin is home to more than 70 million people and has for centuries been one of the world's richest agricultural areas and a biodynamic wonder. Today, however, it is undergoing profound changes. Development policies, led by a rising China in particular, aim to interconnect the region and urbanize the inhabitants. And a series of dams will harness the river's energy, while also stymieing its natural cycles and cutting off food supplies for swathes of ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Series
Asian Arguments
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783607204
SKU
V9781783607204
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About Brian Eyler
Brian Eyler is Director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Stimson Center in Washington, D.C. He spent more than 15 years living and working in China and Southeast Asia and is widely recognized as a leading voice on environmental, energy, and water security issues in the Mekong region.

Reviews for Last Days of the Mighty Mekong
In this compelling account, Brian Eyler travels down the river, meeting the rebels trying to save it from destruction.
China Dialogue
The book describes how unsustainable human society’s current relationship is with the Mekong
Council of Foreign Affairs
Brian Eyler … has penned an engaging and open-ended book, with a less elegiac tone than its title ... Read more

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