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Architecture of Siam : a cultural history interpretation / Clarence Aasen

By: Aasen, Clarence T.
Publisher: Kuala Lumpur : Oxford University Press, 1998Description: xix, 291 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9835600279 (hbk).Other title: Architecture of Siam [Spine title].Subject(s): Architecture and society -- Thailand | Architecture -- ThailandDDC classification: 720.9593
Contents:
Preface and Acknowledgements. - Plates. - Figures. - Maps. - 1. Introduction. - 2. Context and Early Cultural Conjunctions, c.6000 BC-AD 500. - 3. Constructing the Local, c.AD 300-1300. - 4. The Essential Tai : Transnational Ethnic Architecture, c.AD 500-1558. - 5. The Ayuthayan Kingdom: From State to Empire, 1350-1767. - 6. Architecture of Modernism and Nationalism, 1767-1932. - 7. Outside the Celestial Domain: Chinese Architecture in Siam. - 8. Foreigners at the Siamese Gates. - 9. Architecture of Colonization, Migration, and Escape. - 10. Architecture at the Convergence of Cultural Differences. - Glossary. - Bibliography. - Index.
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Preface and Acknowledgements. - Plates. - Figures. - Maps. - 1. Introduction. - 2. Context and Early Cultural Conjunctions, c.6000 BC-AD 500. - 3. Constructing the Local, c.AD 300-1300. - 4. The Essential Tai : Transnational Ethnic Architecture, c.AD 500-1558. - 5. The Ayuthayan Kingdom: From State to Empire, 1350-1767. - 6. Architecture of Modernism and Nationalism, 1767-1932. - 7. Outside the Celestial Domain: Chinese Architecture in Siam. - 8. Foreigners at the Siamese Gates. - 9. Architecture of Colonization, Migration, and Escape. - 10. Architecture at the Convergence of Cultural Differences. - Glossary. - Bibliography. - Index.