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Mad About the Mekong: Exploration and Empire in South-East Asia

by John Keay
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Mad About the Mekong: Exploration and Empire in South-East Asia
Mad About the Mekong: Exploration and Empire in South-East Asia

Historical Mekong voyage meets contemporary exploration.

If you're fascinated by the melding of history with adventure, "Mad About the Mekong" might just be your next great read. It juxtaposes the past and present, taking you on a journey that mirrors the ambitions and challenges of the great French explorer Francis Garnier. As you wade through ideological shifts and witness the river's transformation, you engage with a vivid narrative that brings both history and geography to life.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Mad About the Mekong: Exploration and Empire in South-East Asia

by John Keay
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ISBN: 9780007111152
Authors: John Keay
Publisher: Harper Perennial/HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C.
Date of Publication: 2011-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Travel, Biographies & Memoirs, History
Related Topics: Travelogue, Adventure, History, Biography, Asia
Goodreads rating: 3.86
(rated by 100 readers)

Description

The story of both a dramatic journey retracing the historic voyage of France’s greatest 19th-century explorer up the mysterious Mekong River, and a portrait of the river and its peoples today. Any notion of sailing up the Mekong in homage to Francis Garnier has been unthinkable until now. From its delta in Vietnam up through Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Burma, and on into China, the Mekong has been a no-go river, its turbulent waters fouled by ideological barriers as formidable as its natural obstacles. But recently the political obstacles have begun to be dismantled – river traffic is reviving. John Keay describes the world of the Mekong as it is today, rehabilitating a traumatized geography while recreating the thrilling and historic voyage of Garnier in 1866. The French expedition was intended to investigate the ‘back door’ into China by outflanking the British and American conduits of commerce at Hong Kong and Shanghai. Two naval gunboats headed upriver into the green unknown, bearing crack troops, naturalists, geologists, and artists. The two-year expedition’s failures and successes, and the tragedy and acrimony that marked it, make riveting reading.
 

Historical Mekong voyage meets contemporary exploration.

If you're fascinated by the melding of history with adventure, "Mad About the Mekong" might just be your next great read. It juxtaposes the past and present, taking you on a journey that mirrors the ambitions and challenges of the great French explorer Francis Garnier. As you wade through ideological shifts and witness the river's transformation, you engage with a vivid narrative that brings both history and geography to life.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.