History Asia from Orchid Press

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2005. The artist Sappho Marchal was the daughter of the renowned French conservator of Angkor, Henri Marchal. She spent the early years of her life in Cambodia, surrounded by the magnificent ruins of the Khmers, and produced the present study at age 23. Her fine line drawings present the myriad details of ornament and costume depicted… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2006. Subtitle: 'According to Portuguese and Spanish Sources'. Groslier's seminal study of the accounts of early Spanish and Portuguese missionaries and adventurers in Cambodia was published in French in 1958, and is translated here into English for the first time. The reports of the Europeans record the earliest surviving first-hand accounts of Angkor, following the 'rediscovery'… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2003. "The civilization of the Tibetan people is disappearing before our very eyes, and apart from a few gentle protests here and there, the rest of the world lets it go without comment and without regret. Many civilizations have declined and disintegrated in the past, but it is rare that one has the opportunity of being an… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2015. Autobiography of the last absolute ruler of the Swat Valley, as recorded by Fredrik Barth. When he was born in 1908, the Swat Valley formed a complex but stateless society of several hundred thousand members, linked to the archaic cosmopolitanism of Inner Asia, but hardly touched by centuries of external influence. Indeed, the Swat Valley had… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1998. The sensitive account of a political prisoner in Burma in the 1950's, with portraits of teenage fellow prisoners and the impact of incarceration on young lives. The original Burmese edition won a UNESCO prize in 1958. Foreword to the new edition by H. K. Kuloy. viii, 144 pp., 16 b&w drawings, 1 b&w plate (Malay… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1998. The first comprehensive history of Burma and now a classic reference, it draws on both Burmese written records and the narratives of European travellers and residents prior to the end of the nineteenth century. Reprint of the 1883 edition. 312 pp., 3 monochrome illustrations, 3 maps, appendices listing the kings of Burma and Pegu, index. Soft… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2000. An edited collection of documents selected by Professor Mukherjee during his last years, for their importance to the history of the Jagannath Temple in Orissa, India. 160 pp., 6 b&w plates, index. First Edition. Softbound. New. 22 x 15 cm..

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1995. The details of specific missionaries, their activities and their indigenous charges are placed within the broader context of the political rivalries between the kingdoms of Ava and Pegu, and later of the wars against British forces. Reprint of the 1887 original Rangoon edition. 152 pp.. Softbound. New. 19 x 13 cm..

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1986. A compendium of Chinese creativity, as it was applied to the implements of war. The author, a renowned Sinologist, traces the origins and development of a wide array of weaponry. Reprint of the Shanghai 1932 edition. vi, 102 pp., including 59 pages of b&w illustrations. Soft Cover. As New. 26 x 19 cm.

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2004. Since Cambodia's reopening to the world in the past dozen years, following its genocidal civil war, there has been a burgeoning interest in its history, art and architectural relics. In parallel with this growing popular interest has been a renewal of international scholarly work and corresponding publication on the Khmers. However, virtually without exception, these either… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2002. A monograph on the influence of Mahayana, Tantric and other northern Buddhist schools on early Burmese Buddhist traditions. In completing this important study, the distinguished Indian scholar draws not only on Sanskrit literary sources but also on a wide range of archaeological evidence, epigraphical remains, sculptures and paintings. Reprint of the 1936 edition. 130 pp., bibliography.… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2000. The autobiographical account of the extraordinary career and travels of scholar/author David Snellgrove, spanning his explorations of Central, South and Southeast Asian cultures over a period of 56 years. 587 pp., 65 colour and 178 b&w plates, 17 maps. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/new. 24.5 x 17.5 cm.

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2005. The small nation of Laos was little known to most Westerners when the author and her husband, a USAID worker, moved to Laos in 1971. Befriended by two young Laotians, the author became a part of village life, joining holiday celebrations, weddings, funerals and feasts. Over a four-year period, she developed a deep admiration and affection… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2005. The artist Sappho Marchal was the daughter of the renowned French conservator of Angkor, Henri Marchal. She spent the early years of her life in Cambodia, surrounded by the magnificent ruins of the Khmers, and produced the present study at age 23. Her fine line drawings present the myriad details of ornament and costume depicted on… Read more about this item

Kathmandu: Bibliotheca Himalayica, 2000. A multi-disciplinary study of Gulmi and Argha-Khanci, two districts in modern central Nepal which coincide with the boundaries of prominent earlier principalities, prior to the unification of the country in the late 18th century. The study, conducted by a team of French scholars in the early 1990's, traces the history, ecology, ethnology, social and political structure,… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2003. While much has been published on Khmer civilization immediately preceding and during the Angkor period, the origins of this culture, deep in the Mekong Delta, remain relatively obscure. The results of initial explorations by French colonial archaeologists in the first half of the twentieth century were published in detail between 1959 and 1963 in editions which… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2004. Captain Robinson, completing a posting as a young British administrator in remote northern Burma, returned to Mandalay in 1923 to await a new assignment. One evening, Robinson and two friends came by chance upon an opium den. While his friends called it a night, Robinson stayed on to sample the forbidden pleasures within-a decision that was… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1998. A first-hand account of life under the brutality and terror of the Khmer Rouge rule in Cambodia as told and also sketched by a survivor of those years, a young student of fine arts. Revised edition. 198 pp., 57 b&w drawings, map, bibliography, index. A new/unread copy.. Third, revised, edition. Soft Cover. As new. 21.5 x… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1998. Subtitled : 'Some 19th Century Europeans in the Himalayan Regions and Central Asia'. A compilation of the fascinating biographies of a number of 19th century Western travellers in the Himalayas and Central Asia, including Richmond Shakespeare, Joseph Hooker and Ashley Eden, among others. 182 pp., 19 colour and 17 b&w plates, 5 maps, notes on… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2004. In this lively and engaging new work on conceptions ofTibet in Western European and American societies, anthropologist Brauen paints a damning portrait of misinterpretation, trivialization and political and commercial exploitation of a rich and ancient culture. Starting with idealistic adventurers in search of a Himalayan Utopia from the 17th century onward, Brauen's most disturbing portrayals are… Read more about this item