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In the Land of Lady White Blood: Southern Thailand and the Meaning of History

✍ Scribed by Lorraine Gesick


Publisher
Cornell University Press
Year
2018
Tongue
English
Leaves
108
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


An examinationβ€”through manuscripts preserved from the seventeenth century to the presentβ€”of the historical sensibilities and mindset of rural southern...

✦ 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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