<div>At the heart of the ongoing armed conflict in southern Thailand is a fundamental disagreement about the history of relations between the Patani Malays and the Thai kingdom. While the Thai royalist-nationalist version of history regards Patani as part of that "since time immemorial," Patani Mala
In the Land of Lady White Blood: Southern Thailand and the Meaning of History
β Scribed by Lorraine Gesick
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 108
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
An examinationβthrough manuscripts preserved from the seventeenth century to the presentβof the historical sensibilities and mindset of rural southern...
β¦ Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Phatthalung and the Problem of History
3. Royal Texts and Local Meanings
4. The Historiography of Southern Thailand
5. Landscape and History
6. National History and Local History
Appendix: The Story of Lady White Blood
Bibliography
Index
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