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ii List of Plates 1.1 Ba Giam illage, Tra Cu District 34 34 1.2 Fenced extended family compound, Tra Vinh 35 1.3 Rushes laid out for drying along a phno 44 1.4 Family pond in Phno Daek District 47 1.5 Sras outside Wat Veluone 49 1.6 The cheu teal tree planted by Goernor Son Kui 58 1.7 Terminus of a dune road on the Bassac Rier, T’khau District 63 2.1 Coastal fishing essel, Long Phu 73 2.2 Rierside wholesale market, My Xuyen 81 2.3 Spectators watch the boat races in Soc Trang town 89 2.4 Shrimp ponds by the coast in Vinh Chau 93 2.5 A state secondary school in a Khmer neighbourhood of Soc Trang town 95 3.1 Resident monks repairing alms-seeking boat, Wat Mangkol Borei 110 3.2 Khmer houses along the rierbank in O Mon 111 3.3 Boat landing, Wat Neryone, on the rier in Dinh Mon 114 4.1 Rierside residences, Giong Rieng 138 4.2 Rier craft, Go Quao 142 4.3 Wat Kompong Krobei, Go Quao 144 5.1 Cattle grazing on the rice terraces during the dry season 170 5.2 Floodplain actiities Noember 2009 172 5.3 Stone-lined sras in a temple in Tinh Bien 175 5.4 Horse-drawn cart, Tri Ton 180 5.5 Khmer man haresting a thnaot tree owned by a Vietnamese landlord 187 6.1 Oceanside residences, Kien Luong 195 6.2 Neighbourhood pond fed by underground spring, Phum Bai Ot 199 6.3 Seasonal fish pond–flooded rice field, Bai Cha Va 204 6.4 Fishing boats off Chau Kieu, Kien Luong 205 6.5 Wat Campalok surrounded by salt water 217 7.1 Stilt house, Phum Chloi 228 7.2 Stilt house, Phum Serey Odum 230 7.3 Cared guardian spirits enshrined on the outskirts of Phum Serey Odum 232 7.4 The grounds of Buu Quang temple, Thu Duc 240 7.5 Dormitory rooms for monks and students, Wat Chantarangsay, District 3 249 iii List of Plates ...

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