| Description |
xvi, 228 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Presence of Nationhood -- The Two-Way Identification of Nationhood -- The Positive and Negative Identification of Thainess -- Thai Studies -- Struggles for Interpretation -- Siam as a Cultural Construct -- Subject and Method -- Indigenous Space and Ancient Maps -- Sacred Topographies -- Imaginary Spatial Depiction: Ancient Maps -- The Coexistence of Different Concepts of Space -- The Coming of a New Geography -- Two Earths, Same Space: The Advent of Modern Earth -- Breakthrough: Astronomy via Astrology -- Space in a New Mode: Modern Geography -- Space Encoded: The Modern Map -- Modality: Ambiguity and Displacement -- Boundary -- Western Boundary on the Western Frontier -- Clashes of Conceptions of Boundary -- The Nonbounded Kingdom |
| Summary |
A study of the history of the evolving relationship between mapping practices and conceptions of nationhood |
| Analysis |
Thailand Historical geography |
| Notes |
Paperback edition 1997 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cartography -- Thailand -- History.
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Nationalism -- Thailand.
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| SUBJECT |
Thailand http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79059683 -- Historical geography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006030
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Thailand -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85134445
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| LC no. |
93034494 |
| ISBN |
0824813375 |
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0824819748 (paperback) |
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