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Art and architecture of Southeast Asia

Dumarcay, Jacques. Trans. Michael Smithies. The Palaces of South-East Asia: Architecture and Customs. Oxford University Press, 1991. Extensive history of the royal architecture of Southeast Asia.

Girard-Geslan, Maud, ed. Trans. J. A. Underwood. Art of Southeast Asia. Abrams, 1998. Scholarly essays cover all regions; copiously illustrated.

Jessup, Helen Ibbitson, and Thierry Zephir, eds. Millennium of Glory: Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia. Thames & Hudson, 1997. Lavishly illustrated catalog of major exhibition of ancient sculpture.

Lee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. Abrams, 1994. Standard survey of Asian art.

Rawson, Philip. The Art of Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Burma, Java, Bali. Praeger, Thames & Hudson, 1967. 1990. Useful one-volume overview.

Strachan, Paul. Imperial Pagan: Art and Architecture of Burma. University of Hawaii, 1990. Scholarly study of Burmese Buddhist art forms.

Van Beek, Steve. The Arts of Thailand. Thames & Hudson, Tuttle, 1991. 1999. Broad examination of Thai art and architecture.

Laos

Evans, Grant, ed. Laos: Culture and Society. Silkworm, 2000. Eleven articles covering various aspects of Laotian culture.

Hamilton-Merritt, Jane. Tragic Mountains: The Hmong, the Americans, and the Secret Wars for Laos, 1942-1992. Indiana University Press, 1999. A study of U.S. relations with the Hmong.

Kremmer, Christopher. Stalking the Elephant Kings: In Search of Laos. University of Hawaii Press, 1998. The fate of Laos's royal family.

Savada, Andrea Matles, ed. Laos: A Country Study. Federal Research Division, L.O.C., 1995. Basic introduction to the country's political, economic, and social structures.

Stuart-Fox, Martin. A History of Laos. Cambridge University Press, 1997. Detailed history since 1975, the beginning of Pathet Lao rule. Includes a chronology and maps.

Warner, Roger. Shooting at the Moon: The Story of America's Clandestine War in Laos. Steerforth, 1997. America's “secret” war in Laos during the years of the Vietnam War.

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