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A Field Guide to the Birds of Thailand

March 25, 2015

Following the success of the first edition of A Field Guide To The birds Of Thailand, a new edition has been compiled, incorporating Thai plate names and index. Thailand continues to attract increasing numbers of birdwatchers on a regular basis who appreciate its vast diversity of bird life. This book, with its meticulous colour artworks […]
Thailand: The Politics of Despotic Paternalism (Studies on Southeast Asia)

March 25, 2015

In 1958, Marshal Sarit Thanarat became prime minister of Thailand following a bloodless coup. This book offers a comprehensive study of Sarit’s paternalistic, militaristic regime, which laid the foundations for Thailand’s support of the US military campaign in Southeast Asia. The analysis documents the ways in which Sarit shaped modern Thai politics, in part by […]
Sons of the Buddha: The Early Lives of Three Extraordinary Thai Masters

March 25, 2015

A thrilling spiritual biography–or rather, three in one–Sons of the Buddha is an excellently written, transcendent account of an all-but-lost Thailand and the early lives of three of its most prominent Buddhist teachers. Filled with lively anecdotes and illustrations, Sons of the Buddha tells the early life stories of three master Buddhist preachers from Thailand, […]
Architecture of Thailand: A Guide to Tradition and Contemporary Forms

March 25, 2015

This book focuses on the multitude of elements and forms that go into Thai architecture. It is a guide to aesthetics that also explores the underlying meanings of forms. All the important features of Thai culture—its agrarian roots, its religion and monarchy, its rich mix of foreign influences—are embodied in buildings. As a result, this […]
Bangkok: The Story of a City

March 25, 2015

A fluent and affectionate portrait not only of the city of Bangkok, known to the Thais as `the city of angels’, but also of the dynasty and culture that created it. Cutting through confusion and veiled mystery, Waugh unravels the plots, coups, wars, assassinations, invasions, and counter-coups of two hundred years of history as if […]
Very Thai: Everyday Popular Culture

March 25, 2015

A pioneering insight into contemporary Thai culture, revised and updated. Sale Price:$16.92 6167339376
Jews in Thailand

March 25, 2015

The first book published on the history of the Jewish community in ThailandTraces the presence of Jews in Thailand from the early 17th century to the presentDiscusses the role that Thailand played in the 1930s and World War II as a place of refuge for Jews fleeing Nazi GermanyDocuments the formation of the Jewish Association […]
Thailand (Travellers’ Wildlife Guides)

March 25, 2015

Thailand holds a special place in the minds of the world’s nature-lovers as a paradise of splendid tropical forests, untrammeled ocean beaches, and spectacular underwater coral grottos. Nature travellers to Thailand want to experience these stunning habitats and catch glimpses of exotic wildlife-gibbons and elephants, hornbills and storks, gliding lizards and cobras, brightly colored reef […]
Inside Thai Society: Religion, Everyday Life, Change

March 25, 2015

Thailand is often called the “Land of Smiles”, a nickname which sounds at once pleasant and mysterious. It is said that the Thais have a smile for every emotion, and with so many nuances of smiling, the smile often hides more than it reveals. Inside Thai Society looks behind smiles and appearances in order to […]
The Ambiguous Allure of the West: Traces of the Colonial in Thailand

March 25, 2015

The Ambiguous Allure of the West examines the impact of Western imperialism on Thai cultural development from the 1850s to the present and highlights the value of postcolonial analysis for studying the ambiguities, inventions, and accommodations with the West that continue to enrich Thai culture. Since the mid-nineteenth century, Thais have adopted and adapted aspects […]

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