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Siam. An Account of the Land and the People

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Author(s): Peter Anthony Thompson
Series: Oriental Series; 16
Publisher: J. B. Millet and Co.
Year: 1910

Language: English
Pages: 348
City: Boston, Tokyo
Tags: Siam, Thailand, history

EDITORIAL NOTE ix
INTRODUCTION . 1
* I BANGKOK 33
II PRESENT CONDITIONS 54
III THE BUDDHIST RELIGION 82
IV TEMPLES, IMAGES, AND SYMBOLS .... 96
V THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE YELLOW ROBE . 122
VI THE PEES AND CHARMS 145
*.VII SIAMESE ART 156
-VIII RICE AND FISH 177
IX CAMP LIFE 203
X AYUTHIA AND THE ELEPHANT HUNT . . . 227
XI LOPBURI, AND THE STORY OF PHAULCON . . 249
XII THE PRABAT MOUNTAIN 262
XIII THE EDGE OF THE JUNGLE 274
XIV THE FRAGMENTS OF AN EMPIRE .... 289
XV ANGKOR TOM .303
INDEX 325