Siamese Arabesques
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Siamese Arabesques
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Author : Carleton Cole
language : en
Publisher: Booksmango
Release Date : 2016-11-06
Siamese Arabesques written by Carleton Cole and has been published by Booksmango this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-06 with Social Science categories.
Mix classical Middle Eastern culture with Thai ways and what do you get? Something very intriguing and utterly exotic.Some Arabs and Middle Easterners come to Bangkok for business and shopping. Others come for unrestrained sensuality, or medical tourism. Still others open restaurants, providing a welcome culinary service in Bangkok, Phuket, Pattaya and beyond. And then there are those who need jobs while they await elusive UN approval for asylum.Proud of their own culture, one thing they don't come for is Thai culture. Rarely do Arabs ever step foot inside "infidel" Thai Buddhist temples.For centuries, and especially in the last few decades, Middle-Eastern traders and travellers, restaurateurs and refugees have left their mark on Thailand, bestowing their cultural, Islamic, architectural, culinary and musical heritage.Digging deep, Carleton Cole writes about Middle Easterners who have called Thailand a home away from home.
Siamese Arabesques Tales Of The Islamic World With Thai Twists
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Author : Carleton Cole
language : en
Publisher: Booksmango
Release Date : 2016-11-07
Siamese Arabesques Tales Of The Islamic World With Thai Twists written by Carleton Cole and has been published by Booksmango this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-07 with Social Science categories.
Mix classical Middle Eastern culture with Thai ways and what do you get? Something very intriguing - and utterly exotic. Some Arabs and Middle Easterners come to Bangkok for business and shopping. Others come for unrestrained sensuality, or medical tourism. Still others open restaurants, providing a welcome culinary service in Bangkok, Phuket, Pattaya and beyond. And then there are those who need jobs while they await elusive UN approval for asylum. Proud of their own culture, one thing they don't come for is Thai culture. Rarely do Arabs ever step foot inside 'infidel' Thai Buddhist temples. For centuries, and especially in the last few decades, Middle-Eastern traders and travellers, restaurateurs and refugees have left their mark on Thailand, bestowing their cultural, Islamic, architectural, culinary and musical heritage. Digging deep, Carleton Cole writes about Middle Easterners who have called Thailand a home away from home.
The English Governess At The Siamese Court
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Author : Anna Leonowens
language : en
Publisher: Applewood Books
Release Date : 2009-08-19
The English Governess At The Siamese Court written by Anna Leonowens and has been published by Applewood Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Such was Chow Phya Sri Sury Wongse when I was first presented to him: a natural king among the dusky forms that surrounded him, the actual ruler of that semi- barbarous realm, and the prime contriver of its arbitrary policy. Black, but comely, robust, and vigorous, neck short and thick, nose large and nostrils wide, eyes inquisitive and penetrating, his was the massive brain proper to an intellect deliberate and systematic. Well found in the best idioms of his native tongue, he expressed strong, discriminative thoughts in words at once accurate and abundant. His only vanity was his English, with which he so interlarded his native speech, as often to impart the effect of levity to ideas that, in themselves, were grave, judicious, and impressive.
The English Governess At The Siamese Court Being Recollections Of Six Years In The Royal Palace At Bangkok
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Author : Anna Harriette Leonowens
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2015-05-06
The English Governess At The Siamese Court Being Recollections Of Six Years In The Royal Palace At Bangkok written by Anna Harriette Leonowens and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-06 with History categories.
Originally published in 1870, this unusual work is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. Anna Leonowens, presents her memories of six years spent in the Siamese court as a governess. Lovers and historians of Thailand will be delighted by the insight she provides into a by-gone age. Illustrated with sixteen full page black and white drawings. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
The English Governess At The Siamese Court Being Recollections Of Six Years In The Royal In The Royal Palace At Bangkok
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Author : Anna Harriette Leonowens
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2024-03-11
The English Governess At The Siamese Court Being Recollections Of Six Years In The Royal In The Royal Palace At Bangkok written by Anna Harriette Leonowens and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-11 with Fiction categories.
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Siam The Land Of The White Elephant As It Was And Is
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Author : George B. Bacon
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2019-12-13
Siam The Land Of The White Elephant As It Was And Is written by George B. Bacon and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-13 with History categories.
The book presents an informative and well-sourced look at Siam in the 1800s. It provides a historical background of the country, its tradition, religion, beliefs, and daily life.
To Siam And Malaya In The Duke Of Sutherland S Yacht Sans Peur By Mrs Florence Caddy
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Author : Mrs. Florence Caddy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889
To Siam And Malaya In The Duke Of Sutherland S Yacht Sans Peur By Mrs Florence Caddy written by Mrs. Florence Caddy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with categories.
Travels In The Central Parts Of Indo China Siam Cambodia And Laos During The Years 1858 1859 And 1860 Complete
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Author : Henri Mouhot
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 2020-09-28
Travels In The Central Parts Of Indo China Siam Cambodia And Laos During The Years 1858 1859 And 1860 Complete written by Henri Mouhot and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-28 with Fiction categories.
Alexander Henri Mouhot was born at Montbéliard on 15th May, 1826, of parents not rich, but respectable. His father occupied a subordinate post in the administration under Louis Philippe and the Republic, and expended nearly the whole of his salary in the education of his two sons, even undergoing many privations for that purpose. His mother, a teacher of considerable merit, whose memory is held in respect by all who knew her, died young, greatly through overwork and fatigue, incurred in providing for the wants of her family and the education of her children. Two months after the departure of her son Henri for Russia—a separation which was heartbreaking to her—she took to her bed, from which she never rose again. This was in 1844. M. Mouhot first studied philology in his own country, intending to become a teacher; but before long a strong leaning for the natural sciences, easy to be understood in the country of Cuvier and of Laurillard, gave a new direction to his mind; and this, with his ardent desire to see other countries, determined his vocation. His first profession enabled him to extend his researches, and while he perfected himself inscience he continued to follow the arduous and thorny path of the professor. Having a thorough knowledge of his own language, and being a good Greek scholar, it was not difficult for him to acquire with facility both Russian and Polish during his stay in that vast northern empire, which he traversed from St. Petersburgh to Sebastopol, and from Warsaw to Moscow. He began as a teacher, but soon became an artist, after the discovery of Daguerre, which impressed him strongly; he mastered its mechanical parts, and determined to carry the new invention into foreign lands. This afforded to him the means of an existence conformable to his wishes. He soon made affectionate friends in the highest classes of society in Russia; took out his professor’s diploma there, and in that capacity was admitted into several establishments, both public and private; among others, to that of the cadets of Voronége, &c. Devoting himself in his hours of leisure, and at night, to the cultivation of the arts and sciences, and profiting by his visits to various towns and departments of the empire, he constantly augmented his collection of drawings and photographs, comprising landscapes illustrating different parts of the country, portraits of distinguished men, specimens from museums, and buildings in the semi-Byzantine style, equally interesting to artists and to archæologists. He scrupulously refrained from politics, and fully appreciated the difficulty of governing a country so immense, and in which the manners, religion, and language differ so much in its various parts; still he felt deeply the condition of the serfs, a condition which Alexander II., moved by generous sentiments, wishes now to reform. This state of things made a painful impression on the heart of the young Frenchman, and on his return to his own country he gave vent to his feelings in a book called ‘Slavery in Russia;’ and in order to engage better the attention of the reader he wove it into the form of a novel, in which he was enabled to employ the resources of illustration, and to depict the manners of the country. This work, however, which touched on many of the leading questions of the day, was never published, and is only mentioned here as an illustration of his generous feelings.
Siam
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Author : George Blagden Bacon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892
Siam written by George Blagden Bacon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1892 with History categories.
The Architecture Of Empire
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Author : Gauvin Alexander Bailey
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2022-09-16
The Architecture Of Empire written by Gauvin Alexander Bailey and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-16 with Architecture categories.
Most monumental buildings of France’s global empire – such as the famous Saigon and Hanoi Opera Houses – were built in South and Southeast Asia. Much of this architecture, and the history of who built it and how, has been overlooked. The Architecture of Empire considers the large-scale public architecture associated with French imperialism in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century India, Siam, and Vietnam, and nineteenth- and twentieth-century Indochina, the largest colony France ever administered in Asia. Offering a sweeping panorama of the buildings of France’s colonial project, this is the first study to encompass the architecture of both the ancien régime and modern empires, from the founding of the French trading company in the seventeenth century to the independence and nationalist movements of the mid-twentieth century. Gauvin Bailey places particular emphasis on the human factor: the people who commissioned, built, and lived in these buildings. Almost all of these architects, both Europeans and non-Europeans, have remained unknown beyond – at best – their surnames. Through extensive archival research, this book reconstructs their lives, providing vital background for the buildings themselves. Much more than in the French empire of the Western Hemisphere, the buildings in this book adapt to indigenous styles, regardless of whether they were designed and built by European or non-European architects. The Architecture of Empire provides a unique, comprehensive study of structures that rank among the most fascinating examples of intercultural exchange in the history of global empires.