Life at Chakrabongse House
Author: Kwee Phaik Lim
Publisher: Lim Kwee Phaik
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 0957784872
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Author: Kwee Phaik Lim
Publisher: Lim Kwee Phaik
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 0957784872
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Monica Lindberg Falk
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-09-19
Total Pages: 219
ISBN-13: 1317690133
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOf all the huge natural disasters that claimed the lives of thousands in Asia, the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 was the largest, estimated to have killed more than 230,000 people. The scope of damage brought about by this natural disaster urges focus on recovery and post-disaster reconstruction from several perspectives. Here we find an in-depth ethnography of Thailand and the role of culture and religion as an underpinning issue in post-disaster recovery. Following the post-tsunami recovery over five years, the book provides knowledge on socio-cultural responses from affected local communities after natural hazards, and is based on original material collected in Thailand after the 2004 tsunami. With a focus on how culture and religion interplay in the processes of building resilience and decreasing vulnerability, it gives a deeper understanding of how disasters are experienced and dealt with on a local level. It examines survivors’ experiences of rituals and ceremonies that became a part of the survivors’ lives in new ways after the tsunami, offering psychological reassurance and religious efficaciousness as well as communication links between themselves and the deceased. Using observations, narratives and material from in-depth interviews with survivors, relatives, relief workers, officials and Buddhist monks and nuns, this book contributes to the research on anthropology of disaster and to the development of research on cultural resilience and religion in post-disaster recovery. It will be of interest to scholars of Disaster Studies, Buddhist Studies and Asian Studies.
Author: William Warren
Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides some of the most beautiful historic homes in Thailand accompanied by insightful text telling the story of each one.
Author: Fodor's Travel Guides
Publisher:
Published: 2015-11-17
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 1101879416
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book identifies and explores in depth the top 25 sights in Bangkok in a compact, pocket-sized guidebook that also covers other popular spots and major neighborhoods all over the city, including shops, entertainment options, restaurants, hotels, and useful details like helpful web sites and travel information to make your short trip to Bangkok a great trip. This guide is updated annually. This travel guide includes: - A useful, weather-resistant pullout city map and a metro map for easy navigation - Full-color photos and full-size street maps of major neighborhoods. - Neighborhood walks that show off the best of the city with self-guided tour ideas - Essential info - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, and more - Popular day-trip destinations. - A two-day itinerary to explore the top attractions and what's off the beaten path. - Many hotel, restaurant, and entertainment recommendations - Major sights covered include the Abhisek Dusit Throne Hall, Baan Jim Thompson, Baan Kam Thieng, Wat Traimit, Wat Saket, Wat Ra Kang, Wat Prayoon, Wat Phra Kaeo, Wat Pho, Grand Palace, Khlong Bangkok Yai, Mae Nam Chao Phraya, National Museum, Prasart Museum, and Royal Barges Museum. With its full-color photography and top 25 to do lists, Fodor's 25 Best books are the perfect companion for any traveler. A pull out map with major sights marked, is included. About Fodor's: Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years.
Author: Princess Ceril Birabongse
Publisher: David and Charles
Published: 2012-10-24
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 1845845579
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe romantic story of the courtship, love and marriage of Ceril, a young English girl, and ‘B. Bira’, a Siamese Prince, racing driver and sculptor, set in the golden years of the Thirties, in a world now vanished and before Siam became Thailand.
Author: Christopher John Baker
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe cultural heritage of Siam is exceptionally rich and distinctive. As everywhere, this heritage is under threat--from the pace of change, from the demands of tourism, from mismanagement, and from neglect. This book is the first to examine the value of Siam's heritage and the need to protect it. These nineteen essays are written by pioneers of conservation over the last generation and by the activists of today.
Author: Prince Čhunlačhakkraphong (grandson of Chulalongkorn, King of Siam)
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Published: 1967
Total Pages: 424
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thak Chaloemtiarana
Publisher: ANU Press
Published: 2018-08-27
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 1760462276
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book introduces readers to modern Thai literature through the themes of modernity, nationalism, identity and gender. In the cultural, political and social transformations that occurred in Thailand during the first half of the twentieth century, Thai literature was one of the vehicles that moved the changes. Taking seriously ‘read till it shatters’, a Thai phrase that instructs readers to take apart the text, to break it down, to deconstruct it, Thak Chaloemtiarana challenges the Thai literary canon from the margins and suggests ways of expanding and enriching it. Thai literature is scarce in translation and requires the skills of a scholar fluent in Thai to comprehend it. Thak is a political scientist turned literary scholar who is bilingual in Thai and English and an avid reader of Thai fiction by authors up and down the social scale. Here he offers lively insights into his favourite literary genres with fresh readings of early Thai novels, Sino-Thai biographies and memoirs of the rich and famous. ‘Thak Chaloemtiarana is an inquisitive man. Late in his career he switched from politics to literature. In these chapters, he draws on a lifetime of reading about writers and writing in Thailand over the past century. He nods towards the usual big names—King Vajiravudh, Luang Wichit, Kulap Saipradit, Kukrit Pramoj—but spends more time on those found in the lesser visited stacks of the libraries, the secondhand bookstalls, and the shelf by the supermarket checkout. His themes are familiar—Thailand and the West, Thai nationalism, the Thai-Chinese, and women under patriarchy—but the angles of vision are original. With a cast ranging from motor-racing princes through sexy Egyptian mummies and a feminist serial murderer to starlets touting breast-enhancement techniques, this book educates, enlightens, and entertains.’
Author: Narisa Chakrabongse
Publisher: Visual Explorer Guide
Published: 2020-03-14
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781782749424
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscoverexotic, irresistibly attractive, and culturally intriguing Thailand. In 200 remarkable photographs, this guidebook captures the country's beauty, from sophisticated Bangkok, to the ruins of Ayutthaya and Sukhothai, to the beaches of Koh Samui and Ko Chang, to the mountains around Chiang Mai. Tour interesting destinations, region by region, stopping in markets, riding an elephant or racing tuk-tuk, hearing the story of World War II's Burma Railway, and more.