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Paperback. Condition: New. Explorer, Oriental scholar and diplomat, Pierre Lefèvre-Pontalis (1864-1938) was a member of Pavie Mission to Laos in the 1890s, participating in drawing up the borders between French Indochina and independent Siam, as well as the French territories and Burma, annexed by the British in 1886. He was later appointed as Minister Plenipotentiary to Siam. However, before taking up this ambassadorial role he journeyed in Siam and Burma in 1912, during which he wrote copious notes recording ethnographic, historical and geopolitical thoughts. This is the first time these journals have been published and provides a unique window into the colonial mindset of the time.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. Explorer, Oriental scholar and diplomat, Pierre Lefèvre-Pontalis (1864-1938) was a member of Pavie Mission to Laos in the 1890s, participating in drawing up the borders between French Indochina and independent Siam, as well as the French territories and Burma, annexed by the British in 1886. He was later appointed as Minister Plenipotentiary to Siam. However, before taking up this ambassadorial role he journeyed in Siam and Burma in 1912, during which he wrote copious notes recording ethnographic, historical and geopolitical thoughts. This is the first time these journals have been published and provides a unique window into the colonial mindset of the time.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Explorer, Oriental scholar and diplomat, Pierre Lefevre-Pontalis (1864-1938) was a member of Pavie Mission to Laos in the 1890s, participating in drawing up the borders between French Indochina and independent Siam, as well as the French territories and Burma, annexed by the British in 1886. He was later appointed as Minister Plenipotentiary to Siam. However, before taking up this ambassadorial role he journeyed in Siam and Burma in 1912, during which he wrote copious notes recording ethnographic, historical and geopolitical thoughts. This is the first time these journals have been published and provides a unique window into the colonial mindset of the time. AUTHOR: Pierre Lefevre-Pontalis was an explorer and diplomat and his journey to southern Thailand and Burma in 1912 gave a unique insight into the colonial mindset of the time. Olivier Evrard is an ethnologist and research director at the Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), assigned to the PALOC joint research unit (IRD-MNHN-CNRS). He is also an associate researcher at the Southeast Asia Center of the EHESS in Paris and at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Chiang Mai University. He works mainly on the history of interethnic relations in Thailand and Laos, countries in which he has carried out extensive field research. Aurore Candier is a historian, director of the Center for Burmese Studies, and a lecturer in the Department of History at Northern Illinois University at Delkalb, USA. She has conducted research in Burma for more than twenty years in the fields of conceptual, political and cultural history. SELLING POINTS: . Published here for the first time are the journals of Pierre Lefevre-Pontalis, explorer, Oriental scholar, and diplomat, offering a unique window into the colonial mindset of the late 19th and early 20th century 35 b/w illustrations Published here for the first time are the journals of Pierre Lefevre-Pontalis, explorer, Oriental scholar, and diplomat, offering a unique window into the colonial mindset of the late 19th and early 20th century. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

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Condition: A fine copy. Pp. xiv, 379; 131 black-and-white photo-plates. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, 8vo. Documents the exploration in the upper part of Laos and Vietnam, parts of French Indochina, British Burma and China. It also provides coverage of the Kha populations. The maps that accompany this volume are inserted in the separate 'Atlas of the Pavia Mission' which is volume 5 in the series. No ownership marks.…

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Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: n/a. First English Edition. The book provides an overview of exploration work done in the upper part of Laos and on the borders of Laos and Vietnam, as parts of French Indochina, and of British Burma and China. The various itineraries in Upper Laos cover western areas bordering the British, Chinese and Siamese possessions and constitute a preparation for a definitive settlement with the governments of British Burma and of Yunnan. The maps produced by these professional topographers comprise important areas along the Mekong not yet surveyed until then, the roads towards Siam from Yunnan and Muong Sing and, in general, the Sip Song Pahn Na dependencies of Siam. The book also documents villages of various primitive Kha tribes and mixtures of various races living in this area covered with the mule trails of traders. The explorations were often politically motivated and resulted in the annexation of Muong Sing to French Indochina. Volume 2 of this series, Atlas of the Pavie Mission, contains the maps accompanying these explorations. First English translation of the 1902 French edition. 402 pp., 80 pp. illustr. Cover lightly tanned in places, common with books from this publisher. Otherwise a new/unread copy. Size: 21 x 15 cm.…

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