Architecture of Siam: A Cultural History Interpretation Tapa dura - 1998

Oxford University Press. 1998. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket.. xix+291 pp., illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. . This book is about the special and identifying role architecture has played over the last 15 centuries in the construction of the highly diverse and complex culture of Siam. The combination of its written and visual content and its contemporary theoretical underpinnings makes this the most comprehensive, critical and challenging interpretation of Siamese architecture that has been written.

OUP South East Asia, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This scare first edition is in very good condition with a very good unclipped dust jacket. A very good clean copy.

Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1998. The product of 10 year's research, the present monograph describes and analyzes the evolution of Siamese architecture from neolithic times to the 20th century, a timespan of some 15 centuries. Outlining this development in terms of both indigenous creativity and the influence of external forces, the author then focusses on the pivotal role that architecture has played in the definition of the Siamese cultural complex. The combination of written and visual content with contemporary theoretical underpinnings makes this the most comprehensive, critical and challenging interpretation of Siamese architecture that has been written to date. 336 pp., 67 col. plates and 189 b&w photos, drawings and plans, 10 maps, glossary, bibliograpy, index.. First Edition. Hard bound. Fine/Fine. 25 x 22 cm..

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. 4to. 291 pp. Near FIne in Very Good dust jacket. Slightest shelfwear to boards. 2" tear to jacket at head of spine, 1" tear to front panel.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine.

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