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CONTENTS
- Foreword by K. Sivaramakrishnan
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Lao Spelling and Pronunciation
- Map of Key Locations
- Introduction: Governing the Global Land Rush
- CHAPTER ONE
- Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Uneven Enclosure in Northwestern Laos
- CHAPTER TWO
- A Real Country? Denationalizing the Lao Uplands, 1955–1975
- CHAPTER THREE
- The Geography of Security: Population Management Work, 1975–2000
- CHAPTER FOUR
- Micro-Geopolitics: Turning Battlefields into Marketplaces, 2000–2018
- CHAPTER FIVE
- Paper Landscapes: State Formation and Spatial Legibility in Postwar Laos
- Conclusion: The Politics of Spatial Transparency
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index