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6. Whose Prehistory? Thailand before the Thais

© University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu

© University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Note on Romanization xi
  5. Introduction 1
  6. PART I: SACRED GEOGRAPHIES
  7. 1. Buddhist Landscape and Cultural Memory 9
  8. 2. Itinerant Icons of the Theravada Ecumene 30
  9. 3. The Place of the Other in Temple Art 50
  10. PART II: ANTIQUITIES, MUSEUMS, AND NATIONAL HISTORY
  11. 4. Kings and Antiquarians 65
  12. 5. A Museum and an Art History for the Thai Nation 84
  13. 6. Whose Prehistory? Thailand before the Thais 100
  14. PART III: DISCORDANT MNEMOSCAPES
  15. 7. Monumental Failures 121
  16. 8. Rubbing the Past into the Present 143
  17. Notes 165
  18. Bibliography 227
  19. Index 257
Monastery, Monument, Museum
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824866099-009

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Note on Romanization xi
  5. Introduction 1
  6. PART I: SACRED GEOGRAPHIES
  7. 1. Buddhist Landscape and Cultural Memory 9
  8. 2. Itinerant Icons of the Theravada Ecumene 30
  9. 3. The Place of the Other in Temple Art 50
  10. PART II: ANTIQUITIES, MUSEUMS, AND NATIONAL HISTORY
  11. 4. Kings and Antiquarians 65
  12. 5. A Museum and an Art History for the Thai Nation 84
  13. 6. Whose Prehistory? Thailand before the Thais 100
  14. PART III: DISCORDANT MNEMOSCAPES
  15. 7. Monumental Failures 121
  16. 8. Rubbing the Past into the Present 143
  17. Notes 165
  18. Bibliography 227
  19. Index 257
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