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Lands of Charm and Cruelty: Travels in Southeast Asia
Contributor(s): Sesser, Stan (Author)

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ISBN: 0679742395     ISBN-13: 9780679742395
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
OUR PRICE: $18.05  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 1994
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Annotation: A rare and illuminating look at one of the most fascinating places in the world--a place of tyranny and repression that is also a place of beautiful people who warmly welcome the visitor, of ancient cultural traditions that still thrive today, of great religious relics and works of art. An enlightening, politically savvy, exotic journey of discovery. Maps.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia - Southeast Asia
- Travel | Asia - Southeast
- Political Science | World - Asian
Dewey: 959.053
LCCN: 93039588
Series: Vintage Departures
Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.52" W x 8.68" L (0.99 lbs) 340 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Asian
- Cultural Region - Southeast Asian
Features: Index, Maps, Price on Product, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
"A beautifully observed book about the successes and] turmoils . . . of Southeast Asia. . . . Invaluable."--William Shawcross

Borneo--a magnificent island rain forest where the gentle Penan people, some of the world's last hunter-gatherers, are waging a campaign of nonviolent resistance against rapacious timber companies; Singapore--a gleaming capitalist Eden where chewing gum is illegal and a political prisoner serves out his sentence in a theme park; Laos--a land still haunted by the periodic detonation of Vietnam War-era bombs along the Ho Chi Minh Trail and where a Buddhist perestroika blossoms after decades of Communist oppression.

These are "the lands of charm and cruelty" that Stan Sesser renders with such immediacy and insight in his reports from Southeast Asia. His book is a rare and illuminating look at one of the most fascinating places in the world--a place of tyranny and repression that is also a place of beautiful people who warmly welcome the visitor, of ancient cultural traditions that still thrive today, and of great religious relics and works of art. The Lands of Charm and Cruelty: Travels in Southeast Asia is an enlightening, politically savvy, exotic journey of discovery.

"An absorbing introduction to a region that remains a mystery to most Americans."--Boston Globe

 
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