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A Sarong for Clio : Essays on the Intellectual and Cultural History of Thailand : Inspired by Craig J. Reynolds / Maurizio Peleggi, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies on Southeast Asia ; no. 66.Publisher: Ithaca, New York : Southeast Asia Program Publications, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 208 pages : illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
ISBN:
  • 9780877277668
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 959.3 PEL
Contents:
Introduction. On history, Thailand, and the scholarship of Craig J. Reynolds / Maurizio Peleggi -- Part I. Historiography, knowledge, and power. The revolt of Khun Phaen : contesting power in early modern Siam / Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit -- Fabrication, stealth, and copying of historical writings : the historiographical misconducts of Mr. Kulap of Siam / Thongchai Winichakul -- Renegade royalist : autobiography and Siam's disavowed Prince Prisdang / Tamara Loos -- The plot of Thai art history : Buddhist sculpture and the myth of national origins / Maurizio Peleggi -- Part II. Political and business culture. Republicanism in Thai history / Patrick Jory -- Madness, authoritarianism, and political participation : the curious case of Cham Jamratnet / James Ockey -- Big is good : the Banharn-Jaemsai Observatory Tower in Suphanburi / Yoshinori Nishizaki -- Marketing business knowledge and consumer culture before the boom : the case of Khoo Khaeng magazine / Villa Vilaithong -- "Governance" in Thailand / Kasian Tejapira -- Appendix. Publications by Craig J. Reynolds.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction. On history, Thailand, and the scholarship of Craig J. Reynolds / Maurizio Peleggi -- Part I. Historiography, knowledge, and power. The revolt of Khun Phaen : contesting power in early modern Siam / Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit -- Fabrication, stealth, and copying of historical writings : the historiographical misconducts of Mr. Kulap of Siam / Thongchai Winichakul -- Renegade royalist : autobiography and Siam's disavowed Prince Prisdang / Tamara Loos -- The plot of Thai art history : Buddhist sculpture and the myth of national origins / Maurizio Peleggi -- Part II. Political and business culture. Republicanism in Thai history / Patrick Jory -- Madness, authoritarianism, and political participation : the curious case of Cham Jamratnet / James Ockey -- Big is good : the Banharn-Jaemsai Observatory Tower in Suphanburi / Yoshinori Nishizaki -- Marketing business knowledge and consumer culture before the boom : the case of Khoo Khaeng magazine / Villa Vilaithong -- "Governance" in Thailand / Kasian Tejapira -- Appendix. Publications by Craig J. Reynolds.

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