Maurizio Peleggi: 2 books
Thailand
The Worldly Kingdom
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2007
Tourist brochures and travel guides depict Thailand as an exotic country with a rich cultural heritage, strong religious traditions, and a popular monarchy. Historians also contribute to Thailand’s international allure with chronicles of its unique historical and cultural continuity in comparison...
Monastery, Monument, Museum
Sites and Artifacts of Thai Cultural Memory
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Ranging across the longue durée of Thailand’s history, Monastery, Monument, Museum is an eminently readable and original contribution to the study of the kingdom’s art and culture. Eschewing issues of dating, style, and iconography, historian Maurizio Peleggi addresses distinct types of artifacts...