Reynolds, Craig J. <br/><br/>
Seditious histories :  contesting Thai and Southeast Asian pasts / 
Craig J. Reynolds. 
 - Seattle :  Singapore :  University of Washington Press ;  In association with Singapore University Press,  c2006. 
 - axix, 367 p. ;  23 cm. 
 - Critical dialogues in Southeast Asian studies. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-346) and index. 
<br/><br/>A new look at old Southeast Asia -- Paradigms of the premodern state -- Mr. Kulap and purloined documents -- A seditious poem and its history -- Feudalism as a trope for the past -- Engendering Thai historical writing -- Religious historical writing in early Bangkok -- Buddhist cosmography in Thai intellectual history -- A Thai-Buddhist defense of polygamy -- Thai manual knowledge : theory and practice -- National identity and cultural nationalism. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789971693350 (pbk.) 9971693356 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Thailand--Historiography.<br/>Thailand--Civilization.<br/>Southeast Asia--Historiography.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>959.30072  / REY