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Bangkok in 1892 / by Lucien Fournereau ; translated and with an introduction by Walter E.J. Tips.
- Title
- Bangkok in 1892 / by Lucien Fournereau ; translated and with an introduction by Walter E.J. Tips.
- Author
- Fournereau, Lucien, 1846-1906.
- Publication
- Bangkok, Thailand : White Lotus Press, c1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | DS589.B2 F613 1998 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Tips, Walter E. J.
- Description
- viii, 171 p. : ill., map; 21 cm.
- Uniform Title
- Bangkok. English
- Alternative Title
- Bangkok.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- "Originally published under the title Bangkok in Le Tour du Monde, vol. 68, pp. 1-64, 1894"--T.p. verso.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Geographical overview of Siam -- The Menam -- Paknam -- The river in Bangkok -- The floating houses -- The roads -- New Road -- The vehicles -- A day in Bangkok -- The night in Bangkok -- The talats -- The royal city -- The palace -- The throne hall -- Wat Phra Keo -- The ancillary buildings of Wat Phra Keo -- The king -- The queens and the king's wives -- Siamese feudalism -- The slaves -- Industry -- Trade -- The festival on the water -- The anniversary of HM King Chulalongkorn's birth -- Death and funeral ceremonies -- Royal funeral ceremonies -- Siam's future.
- ISBN
- 9748434427
- LCCN
- ^^^99909784^
- OCLC
- 41920200
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library