Siam Mapped: A History of the Geo-Body of a Nation - Rilegato

Winichakul, Thongchai

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0824813375 ISBN 13: 9780824813376

Casa editrice: Univ of Hawaii Pr, 1994

Riassunto

A prominent leader of the Thai student movement in the 1970s, now an academic (Southeast Asian history, U. of Wisconsin), explores the 19th-century confrontation of ideas that transformed the conception of the ancient kingdom of Siam into that of a modern nation, emphasizing the influence of new mapping techniques. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Thongchai Winichakul is currently assistant professor of Southeast Asian history at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Product Description:

Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.228 pages; Physical description. : xvi, 228 p : maps, 32 p. Of plates: Notes: Also published by Silkworm Books Includes bibliographical references and index. Subject: Thailand. - Historical geography. - [Literature] - 1994. Thailand. - History of cartography. - [Literature] - 1994.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Hawaii Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0824813375
• ISBN 13: 9780824813376
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 280