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Art and architecture of Southeast Asia | For younger readers | Thailand

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Art and architecture of Southeast Asia

Dumarcay, Jacques. Trans. Michael Smithies. The Palaces of South-East Asia: Architecture and Customs. Oxford University Press, 1991. Extensive history of the royal architecture of Southeast Asia.

Girard-Geslan, Maud, ed. Trans. J. A. Underwood. Art of Southeast Asia. Abrams, 1998. Scholarly essays cover all regions; copiously illustrated.

Jessup, Helen Ibbitson, and Thierry Zephir, eds. Millennium of Glory: Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia. Thames & Hudson, 1997. Lavishly illustrated catalog of major exhibition of ancient sculpture.

Lee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. Abrams, 1994. Standard survey of Asian art.

Rawson, Philip. The Art of Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Burma, Java, Bali. Praeger, Thames & Hudson, 1967. 1990. Useful one-volume overview.

Strachan, Paul. Imperial Pagan: Art and Architecture of Burma. University of Hawaii, 1990. Scholarly study of Burmese Buddhist art forms.

Van Beek, Steve. The Arts of Thailand. Thames & Hudson, Tuttle, 1991. 1999. Broad examination of Thai art and architecture.

For younger readers

Goodman, Jim. Thailand. Marshall Cavendish, 1991. For readers in grades 4 to 6.

McNair, Sylvia. Thailand. Grolier, 1998. For readers in grades 6 and up.

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Thailand

Beurdeley, Jean-Michel, and Hans Hinz. Thai Forms. Weatherhill, 1980. Stunning photographs.

Goodman, Jim. Thailand. Cavendish, 1991. Comprehensive introduction, for younger readers.

Hewison, Kevin, ed. Political Change in Thailand: Democracy and Participation. Routledge, 1997. A survey of Thai institutions and their influence on Thai politics.

O'Reilly, James, and Larry Habegger, eds. Travelers' Tales: Thailand. O'Reilly, 1994. The country and its people revealed through dozens of nonfiction stories.

Van Beek, Steve. The Arts of Thailand. Tuttle, 1999. A definitive introduction to Thai art.

Wood, William A. A History of Siam from the Earliest Times to the Year AD 1781. Siam Barnakich, Reprint, AMS, 1933. 1993. Classic, first published in 1933.

Wyatt, D. K. Thailand: A Short History. Yale University Press, 1984, 1986. Good overview of Thai history and culture.

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