HIS 2176 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Kong Le, Maoism, Paris Peace Accords
31 Oct 2016
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And no rigid hierarchy this changes in 1893 when laos becomes a french protectorate. The french presence is not as heavy as it is in vietnam. The lao elite collaborates with the french. Economic development is not a major priority. One major change in policy (the ties between the buddhist community and the sangha are not as strong) But there is only one french school, in luang prabang. The chief administrator is the french resident-superior. And 10 days of corvee per year. Exempt from the corvee: monks, those who worked in the pagodas and lao authorities, freed slaves. The concept of a lao nation-state emerges. The most important political group is the pathetlao. One of the founders is prince souvanuphong. Pathet lao: creates the movement when he is in northern vietnam (during the war between france and vietnam. It is a nationalist movement composed of communists and non-communists. The democratic republic of vietnam supports the pathet lao.
