In the land of Lady White Blood : southern Thailand and the meaning of history /

An examination-through manuscripts preserved from the seventeenth century to the present-of the historical sensibilities and mindset of rural southern Thailand.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gesick, Lorraine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, 1995.
Series:Studies on Southeast Asia ; no. 18.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS; Map 1. Southern Thailand; Map 2. Phatthalung-Sathing Phra Region; Plate 1. Wat Khian, Bang Kaeo, Reliquary Stupa; Plate 2. Tamra dated B.E. 2242 (1698); Plate 3. Phra Kho Hill, Wat Phra Kho.
  • Plate 4. Wat Phra Kho, Reliquary StupaPlate 5. Ladies of Bang Kaeo, descendants of phlao custodians; Plate 6. Wat Sathing Phra, Reliquary Stupa; Plate 7. Lady White Blood Manuscript, inner front leaves 1 and 2; Plate 8. Lady White Blood Manuscript, leaves 3 and 4.