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

A Sarong for Clio testifies to an ongoing intellectual dialogue between its ten contributors and Craig J. Reynolds, who inspired these essays. Conceived as a tribute to an innovative scholar, dedicated teacher, and generous colleague, it is this volume's ambition to make a concerted interventio...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Reynolds, Craig J. (honouree.), Peleggi, Maurizio (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, New York : Southeast Asia Program Publications, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • 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.