Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Thailand
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Compilation of Publications in English on the Chakri Dynasty
Author: Historical Dictionary of Thailand
Author: May Kyi WinPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810865327
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
The second edition, which first provides an overview of the country in the introduction, traces the long and complicated history in the chronology and goes into much greater detail in the dictionary. Offering 64 new entries, as well as updates and revisions to older ones, the dictionary presents important persons, places, institutions, and more in an easily accessible resource. Significant recent events are discussed including the 1997-98 Thai economic crisis and its effects, reforms of the national government, and the growth in political roles of both businessman and other middle class members. In addition, the book updates basic information relative to population growth, urbanization, and industrialization of the economy. All this is topped off by a solid bibliography making this an essential reference tool.
Bibliographies on Southeast Asia
Author: Publisher: Kitlv Press
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1156
Book Description
Bibliographic Guide to Government Publications
Author: New York Public Library. Research LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
Asian Bibliography
Author: International Dictionary of Library Histories
Author: David H. StamPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136777857
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1086
Book Description
Following the format of Fitzroy Dearborn's highly successful International Dictionary of Historic Places and International Dictionary of University Histories, the International Dictionary of Library Histories provides basic information for each institution - location and holdings - followed by an extensive (1,000-5,000 word) essay on its history as well as a Further Reading list. In addition, the dictionary includes introductory articles on the history of various types of libraries and a library history in various regions of the world. The dictionary profiles more than 200 institutions from around the world, including the world's most important research libraries and other libraries with globally or regionally notable collections, innovative traditions, and significant and interesting histories. The essays take advantage of the growing scholarship of library history to provide insightful overviews of each institution, including not only the traditional values of these libraries but their innovations as well, such as developments in automated systems and electronic delivery. The profiles will emphasize the unique materials of research in these institutions - archives, manuscripts, personal and institutional papers. The introductory articles on types of libraries include topics ranging from theological libraries to prison libraries, from the ancient to the digital. An international team of more than 200 leading scholars in the field have contributed essays to the project.
National Union Catalog
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Publishers Trade List
Author: R R Bowker PublishingPublisher: R. R. Bowker
ISBN: 9780835244312
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Accessions List, Southeast Asia
Author: Library of Congress. Library of Congress Office, JakartaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Southeast Asia
Languages : id
Pages : 668
Book Description
Imagining Democracy
Author: William A. CallahanPublisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN: 9789813055643
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
This book is a collection of stories about the events of May 1992, which were told as part of a wide discussion and debate about "democracy" in Thailand. It was not written as a search for the essential truth about the May massacre as to see how these discourses shape our understanding of the workings of politics -- and thus produce truths about Thai politics. The author argues that much of the meaning of the stories comes not from the facts themselves, but from the discursive economies of the text, how the text was produced and exchanged as a social activity. This narrative approach to Thai politics is timely because the events of May 1992 were the first popular movement to follow the disintegration of the Soviet Union, which in turn constituted a crisis for social science that relied so heavily on the bipolar methodology that attended the bipolar world-view of the Cold War.