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Auteur(s) : Baker, Christopher John (1948-....)
Pasuk Phongpaichit (1946-....)
Titre(s) : A history of Ayutthaya [Texte imprimé] : Siam in the early modern world / Chris Baker, Pasuk Phongpaichit
Publication : Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press,, impr.
2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVII-325 p.) : ill., maps ; 23 cm
Comprend : Preface: Ayutthaya in history ; 1. Before Ayutthaya ; 2. Ayutthaya rising ; 3.
An age of warfare ; 4. Peace and commerce ; 5. An urban and commercial society
; 6. Ayutthaya falling ; 7. To Bangkok ; Appendix: Lists of kings ; Glossary ;
Notes on some major sources.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-315) and index
"Early European visitors placed Ayutthaya alongside China and India as the great powers
of Asia. Yet in 1767 the city was destroyed and its history has been neglected. This
book is the first study of Ayutthaya from its emergence in the thirteenth century
until its fall. It offers a wide-ranging view of social, political, and cultural history
with focus on commerce, kingship, Buddhism, and war. By drawing on a wide range of
sources including chronicles, accounts by Europeans, Chinese, Persians, and Japanese,
law, literature, art, landscape, and language, the book presents early Siam as a 'commercial'
society, not the peasant society usually assumed. Baker and Phongpaichit attribute
the fall of the city not to internal conflict or dynastic decline but failure to manage
the social and political consequences of prosperity. This book is essential reading
for all those interested in the history of Southeast Asia and the early modern world"--Provided
by publisher
Sujet(s) : Bouddhisme -- Thaïlande -- Histoire
Conditions sociales -- Ayutthaya (Thaïlande) -- Histoire
Politique et gouvernement -- Ayutthaya (Thaïlande) -- Histoire
Ayutthaya (Thaïlande) -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-1-107-19076-4. - ISBN 1107190762. - ISBN 9781316641132. - ISBN 1316641139
(br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45312983c
Notice n° :
FRBNF45312983
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