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Mapping National Anxieties locates the insurgency in the context of Thailand’s wider political conflicts

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Why the Sea Is Full of Salt and Other Vietnamese Folktales highland peoples It examines basic patterns ofTranslated by Harry Aveling Highlights A collection of the best known and most loved folktales of Vietnam Traditional stories that will delight modern readers, both children and adults Evokes Vietnamese culture and society of an earlier era Expresses supernatural, Confucian, and Buddhist worldviews and beliefs This delightful anthology presents eighteen well known and much loved Vietnamese folktales. Originally collected and retold by the prize