Quagmire: Nation-Building and Nature in the Mekong Delta Architecture Since the first edition was

Since the first edition was published in 2007

and how it has been presented

Few studies have examined how or when—let alone why—this change came about

who saw themselves as Buddhist warriors

Unlike traditional atlases

Quagmire: Nation-Building and Nature in the Mekong Delta Architecture Since the first edition wasWith a foreword by William Cronon In the twentieth century, the Mekong Delta emerged as one of Vietnams most important economic regions. Its swamps, marshes, creeks, and canals played a major role in Vietnams turbulent past, from the struggles of colonialism, to the Cold War, and to the present day. Quagmire considers these struggles, their antecedents, and their legacies from the perspective of environmental history. Beginning with the French