{"product_id":"9780299350208-champassak-royalty-and-sovereignty","title":"Champassak Royalty and Sovereignty","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWithin and Between Nation-States in Mainland Southeast Asia\u003cbr\u003eExplores the ways The Kingdom of Champassak - founded in 1713 - has asserted its sovereignty across time and through monumental historical shifts\u003cbr\u003eThe Kingdom of Champassak was founded in 1713 in what is now southern Laos, and its royal lineage, the House of Champassak, continues to the present. In this first historical study of Champassak, Ian Baird explores the ways it has asserted its sovereignty across time and through monumental historical shifts, including the delineation of national boundaries for Laos, Thailand, and Cambodia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In re-creating this story, Baird draws not only on a dazzling variety of primary sources in English, French, Lao, and Thai but also on many years spent in conversation with members of the Na Champassak family, who are now spread across a wide geographical area, from Laos and Thailand to France and the United States. Each chapter treats one historical period, identifying the Champassak approach to sovereignty during that time. Through this deep history, Baird shows how sovereign power, even within one case, takes a wide range of forms, always contingent, contested, and uneven across space and time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55508762263926,"sku":"9780299350208","price":64.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_38243816_a617c006-018c-4f6a-8d19-1b15a86a0f80.jpg?v=1763843706","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780299350208-champassak-royalty-and-sovereignty","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}