Author: H. G. Quaritch Wales
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780700702695
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 452

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First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author: Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales
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Category : Rites and ceremonies
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales
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Author: H. G. Quaritch Wales
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781138996168
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author: Horace Godfrey Quaritch Wales
Publisher:
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Category : Rites and ceremonies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Neil A. Englehart
Publisher: SEAP Publications
ISBN: 9780877271352
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 142

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A broad reevaluation of Siam's political culture as it existed prior to King Chulalongkorn's administrative reforms in the nineteenth century. Englehart offers evidence to show that traditional Siamese government functioned more effectively and rationally than most scholars have acknowledged.

Author: Edward Van Roy
Publisher: Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.
ISBN: 9814762857
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277

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Ethnic minorities historically comprised a solid majority of Bangkok's population. They played a dominant role in the city's exuberant economic and social development. In the shadow of Siam's prideful, flamboyant Thai ruling class, the city's diverse minorities flourished quietly. The Thai-Portuguese; the Mon; the Lao; the Cham, Persian, Indian, Malay, and Indonesian Muslims; and the Taechiu, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainanese, and Cantonese Chinese speech groups were particularly important. Others, such as the Khmer, Vietnamese, Thai Yuan, Sikhs, and Westerners, were smaller in numbers but no less significant in their influence on the city's growth and prosperity. In tracing the social, political, and spatial dynamics of Bangkok's ethnic pluralism through the two-and-a-half centuries of the city's history, this book calls attention to a long-neglected mainspring of Thai urban development. While the book's primary focus is on the first five reigns of the Chakri dynasty (1782-1910), the account extends backward and forward to reveal the continuing impact of Bangkok's ethnic minorities on Thai culture change, within the broader context of Thai development studies. It provides an exciting perspective and unique resource for anyone interested in exploring Bangkok's evolving cultural milieu or Thailand's modern history.

Author: Samuel John Smith
Publisher:
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Category : Thailand
Languages : en
Pages : 528

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Author: Dirk Van der Cruysse
Publisher: Silkworm Books
ISBN: 1630411620
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318

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Ambassadors from Versailles in wigs and lace mounted on elephants crossing rice fields... Siamese mandarins prostrate before the throne of Louis XIV... a Greek adventurer... a scheming French Jesuit­— these are just a few of the colourful characters that playa role in the early history of relations between Siam and the West. In a lively and engaging style, Professor Dirk Van der Cruysse traces the history of European-Siamese relations, from the arrival of the Portuguese around the beginning of the sixteenth century followed by the Dutch, the British, and the French. Explorers, merchants, missionaries, and ambassadors came and went across the oceans, sometimes producing vivid accounts of lengthy voyages, lavish courts, and strange customs. In these descriptions and anecdotes we observe the startling juxtaposition of fundamentally different worldviews arising from two distinct religious milieux. Van der Cruysse expertly weaves together material from journals,memoirs, and other archival documents, quoting from them extensively to construct a compelling historical account of a fascinating relationship. Originally published as Louis XIV et le Siam (Fayard, 1991), this English version has been ably translated by Michael Smithies, author of numerous books and articles on the French involvement in Siam during the seventeenth century.

Author: Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781315026084
Category : HISTORY
Languages : en
Pages :

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To students of Indian Culture interested in tracing the influence of India in the institutions of her Cultural Colonies, as also to Anthropologists, the Religious Festivals and Court Ceremonies, which still remain the most characteristic features of Siamese social life, offer an important field for research. Yet the subject has been little touched by scholars. Therefore a pioneer work of this nature can only be regarded as an attempt to lay a foundation for further studies, and the author hopes that other students--particularly those Siamese possessed of an extensive knowledge of their own literature and customs--may be encouraged to endeavour to fill those gaps which remain in our knowledge of most of the Siamese State Ceremonies. First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.