Pen and Sail: Literature and History in Early Bangkok

Combining intellectual history and economic history, this book argues that the emergence of a market economy in the early Bangkok era (1782-1855) was the driving force behind a major change in mentality and worldview seen in poetry, early prose works, biographies of the Buddha, scripts for chanting the Jataka tales, language primers, and more.

• | By (Author): Nidhi Eoseewong
• | Publisher: Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP
• | Publication Date: Jan 19, 2006
• | Country of Publication: Thailand
• | Number of Pages: 408 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 974957592X
• | ISBN-13: 9789749575925