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Three Women of Annan

Three Women of Annan (Englisch) Taschenbuch – 2018
von Clofhulde Chivas-Baron (Autor)

 Produktbeschreibungen

Chivas-Baron, Clofhulde; Three Women of Annan : Womanhood in 1920S Vietnam .-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Three Women of Annam. Womanhood in 1920s Vietnam was written by a French feminist of the early hours. She tells the story of three local women, contrasting their destinies as they belonged to different social strata. They are the daughter of a high-placed official called against her will to the imperial palace, a peasant woman ending in a city sweatshop due to the usury of a Chinese shop-keeper, and a so-called congaie, an indigenous woman in consecutive relationships with French colonial officials. The last of these women lives the most precarious, although intermittently rich, life. In status barely beyond life on the streets as a prostitute, she often has mixed-breed offspring that suffer a discrimination that perpetuates the near-abhorence of Asians for the foreign devils. The migrant to the city is tempted by the luxury associated with being a Frenchman’s local wife. The noble woman’s life, while in appearance the least difficult, has its own problems as a satisfactory emotional life escapes her in the face of absolute power. Prominent is the inner debate women have to conduct when confronted with the possibility of joining French wealth in the face of their own Annamese poverty. The destinies are plotted into timeless love-stories, happy-end included. In passing, the author offers glimpses of the daily life of French colonials, colonial delights such as opium, the pervasive role of Vietnamese ancestor worship, the stigma of a childless marriage, second wives, and the populace’s fears and superstitions, in a Vietnam occupied by the French.


Produktinformation

    Taschenbuch
    Verlag: White Lotus (2018) Bangkok/Thailand (2018)
    Sprache: Englisch
    ISBN-10: 9748434850
    ISBN-13: 978-9748434858
    Verpackungsabmessungen: 22 x 14,5 x 1 cm
https://www.amazon.de/dp/9748434850

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The Ecomic Condition of North-Eastern Siam 

The Ecomic Condition of North-Eastern Siam (1929) Taschenbuch – 2018
von Ministry of Commerce and Communication (Autor, Illustrator)


Produktbeschreibungen

Lefferts, Leedom; The Ecomic Condition of North-Eastern Siam (1929) : Ministry of Commerce and Communication .-.-.-.-.-.-.- The Economic Conditions of North-Eastern Siam is the report of the first economic survey of Isan, conducted by Reginald Stuart Le May in 1929. Prior to 1929, not much was known of neglected Northeast Siam, previously called Laos. The population, almost 4 million, 1/3rd of the Kingdom’s, was primarily ethnically Lao and Khmer. Le May’s work, the result of provincial-level questionnaires, provides foundational knowledge of the contours of economic life in this neglected region just as Siam’s 1932 constitutional revolution took place. Leedom Lefferts wrote the introduction and compares the work with Carle C. Zimmermann’s Siam: Rural Economic Survey 1930-1931 (Available as a White Lotus Press reprint).

Produktinformation

    Taschenbuch
    Verlag: White Lotus (2018) Bangkok/Thailand (2018)
    ISBN-10: 9748434990
    ISBN-13: 978-9748434995
    Verpackungsabmessungen: 21 x 15 x 1 cm
https://www.amazon.de/dp/9748434990

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AMAZING THAILAND: THE FARANG'S GUIDE FOR GOOD LIVING IN THE LAND OF SMILES by BRAD WALKER


AMAZING THAILAND: THE FARANG'S GUIDE FOR GOOD LIVING IN THE LAND OF SMILES by BRAD WALKER
 (2014-05-04) (Englisch) Taschenbuch –   von BRAD WALKER (Autor) 


Produktinformation

    Taschenbuch: 276 Seiten
    Verlag: Asia Books ~ Bangkok (Thailand) (1802)
    Sprache: Englisch
    ISBN-10: 6167841020
    ISBN-13: 978-6167841021
    ASIN: B01FIYQNRQ
    Verpackungsabmessungen: 20 x 13 x 1,5 cm

https://www.amazon.de/dp/B01FIYQNRQ

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Angkor: Splendors of the Khmer Civilization


Angkor: Splendors of the Khmer Civilization (Englisch) Gebundenes Buch – 23. Februar 2011
von Marilia Albanese

Devoted to the Khmer empire (9th-13th centuries), one of the most powerful and fascinating in Indochina, this text reconstructs its history, daily life, religious beliefs, myths and social structure.oduktinformation

 Produktinformation

    Gebundene Ausgabe: 296 Seiten
    Verlag: White Star Publishers (23. Februar 2011)
    Sprache: Englisch
    ISBN-10: 8854405663
    ISBN-13: 978-8854405660
    Größe und/oder Gewicht: 22,2 x 2,5 x 29,9 cm

https://www.amazon.de/dp/8854405663

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Der alte Orient: Geschichte und Kultur des alten Vorderasiens


Der alte Orient: Geschichte und Kultur des alten Vorderasiens Gebundenes Buch – 1998
von Barthel Hrouda (Autor), Jean Bottéro (Autor)

Der von Barthel Hrouda herausgegebene Sammelband zur Geschichte und Kultur des Alten Orients kann getrost als Klassiker bezeichnet werden. Wie kein anderes Werk bietet er eine umfangreiche und zugleich laienverständliche Einführung in diese faszinierende Kultur. Dabei kommen ausnahmslos renommierte Fachwissenschaftler zu Wort. Insbesondere die hervorragende Auswahl bildlicher Darstellungen machen dieses in Teilen leider schon etwas veraltete Werk nach wie vor zu einer empfehlenswerten Anschaffung für Studenten der Vorderasiatischen Altertumskunde.

Der schwergewichtige Band führt grundlegend in das Thema ein. Nacheinander werden die wichtigsten Grundzüge der Geographie, Prähistorie, Historie, Gesellschaft, Theologie, Wissenschaft, Literatur und Kunst des Alten Orients vorgestellt. Unter Altem Orient wird dabei Mesopotamien, Nordsyrien und Ostanatolien, aber auch das Bergland im südlichen Iran und mittleren Kleinasien verstanden. Hinzu treten Verzeichnise wichtiger archäologischer Stätten, Zeittafeln, ein Glossar, weiterführende Literaturhinweise.
Das großformatige Buch ist in einem schönen und angenehmen Zweispaltendruck gehalten, der um zahlreiche Farbbilder in Reproduktionsqualität ergänzt wurde. Die Ausführungen sind dabei bewusst laienverständlich gehalten und treffen eine gute und repräsentative Auswahl unter den verfügbaren Informationen.

Leider ist diese Einführung jedoch nicht mehr auf dem aktuellsten Forschungsstand. Mit einem Alter von über 20 Jahren wäre eine aktualisierte Neuauflage dringend erforderlich. So finden etwa bedeutende Entdeckungen der letzten Jahre, z. B. der Göbekli Tepe, keine Erwähnung. Aber auch in zahlreichen anderen Gebieten haben sich während dieses Zeitraums wichtige Neuerungen ergeben.
Bedauerlich ist außerdem die recht weitgehende Ausklammerung der Entwicklungen in der südlichen Levante (Israel) und die nur sehr kursorische Behandlung der prähistorischen Epochen. Dies entspricht nur noch sehr bedingt dem Selbstverständnis der Wissenschaften vom Alten Orient. Immerhin sehen einige Wissenschaftler heute auch die Induskultur und die Entwicklungen im Alten Südarabien als Gegenstand der vorderasiatischen Altertumskunde.
Jedenfalls macht das Alter des Textes ein kritisches Lesen unter Hinzuziehung aktuellerer Literatur unumgänglich.

Als Einführung ist dieses Werk dennoch insgesamt bisher ungeschlagen. Gerade eine solch umfassende Darstellung der Thematik ist ein großes Desiderat der Altorientalistik, der bisher kaum eine Einführung gerecht wurde und wird. Auch dem insoweit vergleichbaren Bildatlas Mesopotamien ist dieses Werk hier weit überlegen. Laien und Studienanfänger, die sich einen ersten Überblick verschaffen möchten, sind mit diesem Band sicher gut beraten. Dabei sollten beide jedoch Vorsicht walten lassen, da hier eine aktualisierte Neuauflage dringend erforderlich wäre.

Produktinformation

    Gebundene Ausgabe: 463 Seiten
    Verlag: Bertelsmann / Orbis (1998)
    Sprache: Deutsch
    ISBN-10: 3572008670
    ISBN-13: 978-3572008674
    Verpackungsabmessungen: 30,8 x 24,6 x 3,8 cm

https://www.amazon.de/dp/3572008670

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Buddhist Stupas in Asia: The Shape of Perfection (Lonely Planet Pictorial)


Buddhist Stupas in Asia: The Shape of Perfection (Lonely Planet Pictorial) (Englisch) Gebundenes Buch – 25. Oktober 2001
von Bill Wassman (Autor, Fotograf), Joe Cummings (Autor), Robert Thurman (Vorwort)

Lavishly illustrated with full-colour photographs, this book is a pictorial that explores the spread of Buddhism and stupa building across Asia and India. Attempts to encapsulate the durable appeal of the stupa - one of the oldest religious symbols still in use - collide with the vast and varied history of stupa building.
When the Buddha was dying, he instructed his followers to cremate his body and enclose his remains inside four separate monuments or "stupa-mounds." These manmade "axial mountains" became the prototype for the monuments that are so beautifully presented in Joe Cummings's Buddhist Stupas in Asia. Each spread features full-color illustrations or photographs, depicting the varying shapes, designs, and scale of this holy architecture. "People in all the different cultures that have discovered Buddhism seem to have gone crazy with joy, building stupas by the millions," writes Cummings, whose other Lonely Planet titles cover Thailand and Bangkok. "[They are] more than funeral reliquaries. They are memorials, rather, to the immanent possibility of freedom from suffering for all beings." Ten pages of transparent architectural overlays explain how the sacred meets function. This is entertaining learning at its best--a book that's loaded with knowledge, yet packaged with visual appeal.

Produktinformation

    Gebundene Ausgabe: 173 Seiten
    Verlag: Lonely Planet Publications; Auflage: 1st ed (25. Oktober 2001)
    Sprache: Englisch
    ISBN-10: 1864501200
    ISBN-13: 978-1864501209
    Größe und/oder Gewicht: 27,3 x 2,5 x 27,3 cm

https://www.amazon.de/dp/1864501200

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Pagodas, Gods and Spirits of Vietnam: Popular Religion, Sacred Buildings and Religious Art in Vietnam

Pagodas, Gods and Spirits of Vietnam: Popular Religion, Sacred Buildings and Religious Art in Vietnam
(Englisch) Gebundenes Buch – 1. September 1997
von Ann Helen Unger (Autor), Walter Unger (Autor)

This book reveals through text and illustrations the extraordinarily varied and prolific religions of Vietnam. Despite decades of government discouragement of all religion, the deeply anchored faiths of the Vietnamese people have continued to flourish, and indeed to increase their hold on believers. Everywhere between the Red River in the north and the Mekong Delta in the south, sacrificial offerings are heaped upon altars, hundreds of thousands of the faithful stream again on pilgrimages, and there is a regular increase in the request- and thanksgiving-rites in the chuas, dinhs, and dens, the pagodas, village ceremony halls, and hero temples all over the land. In most guide books, Vietnam is described as a Buddhist country; but in contrast to their neighbors in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia, the Vietnamese follow a Buddhism that is far from pure. The faith and its teachings were taken over from India about 2,000 years ago, but Vietnamese Buddhism was mingled with more ancient indigenous ancestor cults and spirit beliefs suitable to local customs and needs. Other strains were also absorbed: elements of Hinduism as well as the teachings of Confucius and Taoism. The text by Ann Unger admirably explains this complex situation and shows how the great number of beautiful, serene religious buildings throughout the country reflect the multiple strands of the country's religious fabric. Walter Unger's arresting photographs document the architectural splendor of the buildings as well as the worshipers in a ground-breaking reportage of a country that for so long has been hidden from the rest of the world.
 
Produktinformation

    Gebundene Ausgabe: 195 Seiten
    Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd; Auflage: 01 (1. September 1997)
    Sprache: Englisch
    ISBN-10: 0500018030
    ISBN-13: 978-0500018033
    Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,5 x 2,5 x 29,8 cm


https://www.amazon.de/Vietnam-Ann-H-Unger/dp/3777474207
https://www.amazon.de/dp/0500018030

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Worshipping the Great Moderniser: King Chulalongkorn, Patron Saint of the Thai Middle Class


Worshipping the Great Moderniser: King Chulalongkorn, Patron Saint of the Thai Middle Class (Englisch) Taschenbuch – 15. August 2009
von Irene Stengs (Autor)

In Thailand the globalising urban culture associated with the economic boom of the 1980s and 1990s gave rise to an alienating anomie. In the slipstream of this boom, an immense cult took shape around King Chulalongkorn the Great (r. 1868-1910) that reworked the idea of Buddhist kingship, making it the pivot of the modern Thai social cosmos and creating a new foundation for Thai identity. ""Worshipping the Great Moderniser"" explores the contemporary appeal of King Chulalongkorn and considers what this ruler's unprecedented popularity says about present-day Thai society. Arguing that the exalted expectations of modern Buddhist kingship are a product of the ambitions and anxieties of Thailand's expanding middle class, Irene Stengs compares the popular image of King Chulalongkorn with that of the present king, the highly venerated King Bhumibol Adulyadej to show that while modern Buddhist kingship and current ideas of Thainess draw on traditional idioms, they are highly modern. This examination of the social imaginary surrounding Thai kingship and Thainess during the past century and a half yields an intriguing amalgam of ideas concerning popular religion, Buddhist kingship, nationalism, and material culture.

Produktinformation

    Taschenbuch: 328 Seiten
    Verlag: NUS Press (15. August 2009)
    Sprache: Englisch
    ISBN-10: 9971694298
    ISBN-13: 978-9971694296
    Größe und/oder Gewicht: 2,1 x 23,6 x 18,7 cm

https://www.amazon.de/Worshipping-Great-Moderniser-Chulalongkorn-Patron/dp/9971694298

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Burma and the Karens

Burma and the Karens (Englisch) Taschenbuch – 31. Dezember 2002
von San C Po (Autor)

 Produktbeschreibungen

Po, San C.; Burma and the Karens A reprint of the original 1928 publication which “set out to present and explain to the reading public and those who are in authority, the condition of the Karens, the position they occupy and their aspiration as a nation...” The historian Martin Smith considers the author to be the “father” of the Karen people. He is described by Harry Marshall (author of The Karen People of Burma) as perhaps the most prominent Karen. The extensive introduction by Christina Fink provides a full historical background and insight into the far-sightedness of the author, helping to understand the ongoing struggle of the Karen and possibly its solution

Produktinformation

    Taschenbuch: 168 Seiten
    Verlag: White Lotus Co Ltd (31. Dezember 2002)
    Sprache: Englisch
    ISBN-10: 9747534827
    ISBN-13: 978-9747534825
    Verpackungsabmessungen: 23,2 x 15,6 x 1,4 cm

https://www.amazon.de/dp/9747534827

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One Man's View of the World

One Man's View of the World (Englisch) Taschenbuch – 2013
von LEE KUAN YEW (Autor)

 Produktbeschreibungen

Born in 1923, Singapore's former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has spent a lifetime being intimately involved in international affairs. He has met every major Chinese leader from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping and hobnobbed with American presidents from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama. In this book, Lee draws on that wealth of experience and depth of insight to offer his views on today's world and what it might look like in 20 years. This is no dry geopolitical treatise. Nor is it a thematic account of the twists and turns in global affairs. Instead, in this broad-sweep narrative that takes in America, China, Asia and Europe, he parses their society, probes the psyche of the people and draws his conclusions about their chances for survival and just where they might land in the hierarchy of tomorrow's balance of power. What makes a society tick? What do its people really believe? Can it adapt? In spare, unflinching prose that eschews political correctness, he describes a China that remains obsessed with control from the centre on its way to an unstoppable rise; an America that will have to share its pre-eminence despite its never-say-die dynamism; and a Europe that struggles with the challenges of keeping its union intact. His candid and often startling views - on why Japan is closed to foreigners, why the Arab Spring won't bring one man, one vote to the Middle East, and why preventing global warming is not going to be as fruitful as preparing for it - make this a fresh and gripping read. Lee completes the book by looking into the future of Singapore - his enduring concern - and by offering the reader a glimpse into his personal life and his view of death. The book is interspersed with a Q&A section in each chapter, gleaned from conversations he had with journalists from The Straits Times.

Produktinformation

    Taschenbuch: 348 Seiten
    Verlag: Straits Times Press (2013)
    Sprache: Englisch
    ISBN-10: 9814342564
    ISBN-13: 978-9814342568
    Verpackungsabmessungen: 23,4 x 16,3 x 3,6 cm

https://www.amazon.de/dp/9814342564

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BUDDHISM ANSWERS LIFE: The Awakened Way of Life

BUDDHISM ANSWERS LIFE: The Awakened Way of Life (Englisch) Taschenbuch – 2006
von Kongsak Tanphaichitr (Autor)

  Produktbeschreibungen

This book is written for anyone, not necessary a Buddhist to read, as Buddhism gives a universal or cosmic approach to life. Hopefully this book will give abetter understanding to life, allowing one to know one's own potential capability, and to courageously face every issue of life with strenght and dignity, through seeing the truth and the true nature of things as they truly are, observing and duiding oneself with one's own effort, mindfulness and wisdom. CONTENT - Answers to Frequently Asked Questions - Buddhism : Theory & Practice - Buddhism and Science - Thai Buddhism - The King's Birthday - The First International Vesak Day Celebration in St. Louis - Giving & Generosity - The Great Flood of 1993 - War - The Phoenix Incident etc. -------------- This book is written for anyone, not necessary a Buddhist to read, as Buddhism gives a universal or cosmic approach to life. Hopefully this book will give abetter understanding to life, allowing one to know one's own potential capability, and to courageously face every issue of life with strenght and dignity, through seeing the truth and the true nature of things as they truly are, observing and duiding oneself with one's own effort, mindfulness and wisdom. --- - Answers to Frequently Asked Questions - Buddhism : Theory & Practice - Buddhism and Science - Thai Buddhism - The King's Birthday - The First International Vesak Day Celebration in St. Louis - Giving & Generosity - The Great Flood of 1993 - War - The Phoenix Incident etc.


Produktinformation

    Taschenbuch: 325 Seiten
    Sprache: Englisch
    ISBN-10: 9748533603
    ISBN-13: 978-9748533605

https://www.amazon.de/dp/9748533603

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Wild Orchids of Nepal:
Guide to the Himalayan Orchids of Rajpath and Chitwan Jungl

Wild Orchids of Nepal: Guide to the Himalayan Orchids of Rajpath and Chitwan Jungle (Englisch) Taschenbuch – 31. Dezember 2000
von Kevin White (Autor), Bhagirath Sharma (Autor)

  Produktbeschreibungen
Synopsis

This guide provides a hands-on companion to Nepal's most accessible orchid habitats. Offering practical advice for the visitor, the guide is also a handbook for the orchid grower or armchair traveler. It provides a wealth of data on the species encountered in the wild, including detailed descriptions for identification. Although its primary aim is to enhance enjoyment of the orchids in their natural environment, the book contributes significantly to the literature on Himalayan species and reports sixteen new Nepal records. Crisply written and using a minimum of technical terms, this volume, based on twenty years of observing Nepal's orchids, is an essential companion for the layman and professional alike.

Produktinformation

    Taschenbuch: 318 Seiten
    Verlag: White Lotus Co Ltd (31. Dezember 2000)
    Sprache: Englisch
    ISBN-10: 9747534363
    ISBN-13: 978-9747534368
    Verpackungsabmessungen: 21 x 14,6 x 2 cm

https://www.amazon.de/dp/9747534363

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Festivals of Laos

Festivals of Laos (Englisch) Taschenbuch – 15. März 2010
von Martin Stuart-Fox (Autor), Somsanouk Mixay (Autor)

 Laos is a Land of Festivals. Every village, every temple, and every ethnic minority not only holds its own special festivals but also joins the wider Lao community in celebrating the national ones as well. This book explores the most important festivals of Laos and offers a rare and fascinating glimpse into the spiritual and communal life of the Lao people. Written and photographed by experts in Lao history, society, and culture, Festivals of Laos is a wonderful combination of insightful narrative and stunning photography

"Having lived in and traveled to most parts of Laos over the past thirty years, I find this publication truly representative of the beautiful landscapes, peoples, and festivals of Laos. The photographs and commentary in this book offer us an intriguing insight into the cultural tapestry of Laos. Never before have I seen Lao festivals depicted so comprehensively. Laos is a country with fascinating cultures, religions, and peoples, all of which are well represented in the chapters of this book."---Dr. Michael Mann, Ambassador of the Order of Malta to Thailand and Cambodia, and previously Australian Ambassador to Laos and Vietnam.

"There is no better way to enjoy the culture of a country than through the eye of a true artist and the mind of a real expert. Northup and Stuart-Fox are to Laos what Stanley and Livingston were to Africa. These two produce my favorite insights into the Mekong region, full of compassion and perception."---Colin Cotterill, author of the Dr. Siri Paiboun series

Produktinformation

    Taschenbuch: 92 Seiten
    Verlag: SILKWORM PR (15. März 2010)
    Sprache: Englisch
    ISBN-10: 9749511840
    ISBN-13: 978-9749511848
 
    Größe und/oder Gewicht: 26 x 0,6 x 26 cm

https://www.amazon.de/dp/9749511840

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A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Indonesia


A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Indonesia: Second Edition (Englisch) Taschenbuch – 1. November 2012
von Morten Strange

 Because of its vast size and geographical location, Indonesia has the world's most diverse avifauna. It boasts of more than 1,600 species—of which 235 rare birds are only found in Indonesia—making it the world's number one travel destination for bird-watching.

This bird field guide covers a total of 912 species, including most of the non-migratory and endemic species that are seen only in Indonesia and a number of threatened and endangered species. A photograph and distribution map is given for each bird. Many new photographs of Indonesian birds appear in this volume for the first time and have been carefully selected to show the important characteristics of each bird. The concise text provides vital information, and an index of common names is provided at the back of the book.

Produktinformation

    Taschenbuch: 544 Seiten
    Verlag: Tuttle Publishing; Auflage: 2nd ed (1. November 2012)
    Sprache: Englisch
    ISBN-10: 0804842000
    ISBN-13: 978-0804842006
    Größe und/oder Gewicht: 12,7 x 2,8 x 19 cm

https://www.amazon.de/dp/0804842000

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The Akha and Phu Noi Minorities of Laos in the 1920s

The Akha and Phu Noi Minorities of Laos in the 1920s (Englisch) Taschenbuch – 7. Oktober 2011
von Henri Roux (Autor), Walter E. J. Tips (Übersetzer)

Produktinformation

    Taschenbuch: 180 Seiten
    Verlag: White Lotus Co Ltd; Auflage: Translation of Deux Tribus de la Regions de Phongsaly Laos Septentrional (7. Oktober 2011)
    Sprache: Englisch
    ISBN-10: 9744801751
    ISBN-13: 978-9744801753
    Größe und/oder Gewicht: 14,5 x 1 x 21 cm

https://www.amazon.de/dp/9744801751