Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction xiii
6. List of Abbreviations xxvii
7. Part I: Mekong Regional Themes
8. 1. Land and Capital across Borders: A Regional Geopolitics 1
9. 2. Legacies in Land Governance: Colonialism, War, and Socialism 29
10. 3. Agrarian Modernization and Counter Land Reforms: Ideologies and Realities 43
11. 4. Grounding Land Justice: Contested Principles, Processes, and Outcomes 66
12. Part II: Mekong Country Cases
13. 5. Land Commodification, State Formation, and Agrarian Capitalism: The Political Economy of Land Governance in Cambodia 83
14. 6. “Thirty Thousand Hectares Will Not Be a Problem”: The Politics of Large-Scale Land Development in Laos 101
15. 7. Legacies of Race, Ethnicity, and War: Contemporary Land Governance Reform in Myanmar 116
16. 8. Movement, Countermovement, and Regionalization of Capital: The Dynamics of Land Relations in Thailand 135
17. 9. Land from the Tiller: The Politics of “Land Recovery” in Vietnam 153
18. Conclusion: A Regional Approach to Land Capitalization 173
19. References 183
20. Contributors 221
21. Index 223
22. Culture, Place, and Nature Studies in Anthropology and Environment Series 234