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Bangkok utopia : modern architecture and Buddhist felicities, 1910-1973 /

"'Utopia' is a word not often associated with the city of Bangkok, which is better known for its disorderly sprawl, overburdened roads, and stifling levels of pollution. Yet as early as 1782, when the city was officially founded on the banks of the Chao Phraya river as the home of the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chua, Lawrence (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2021]
Colección:Spatial habitus (Series)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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