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Volume 98 2010 Editorial Board
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Contents
From the First International Symposium on DvĀravatĪ Research, Bangkok, 2009
The French contribution to the rediscovery of Dvāravatī archaeology 1 Laurent Hennequin
Fifty years of archaeological research at Dong Mae Nang Muang, 49 an ancient gateway to the Upper Chao Phraya Basin Stephen A. Murphy and Pimchanok Pongkasetkan
Iconographical issues in the archeology of Wat Phra Men, Nakhon Pathom 75 Nicolas Revire
Nāga-Buddha images of the Dvāravatī period: A possible link 116 between Dvāravatī and Angkor Jean-Pierre Gaston-Aubert
Safe haven: Mon refugees at the capitals of Siam from the 1500s to the 1800s 151 Edward Van Roy
Towards a definition of Isan mural painting: Focus on the heartland 185 Bonnie Pacala Brereton
Note
Prominent Mon lineages from late Ayutthaya to early Bangkok 205 Edward Van Roy
From the archives
Bruguière’s journey overland from Penang to Ligor, thence to Bangkok, 1827 222 Kennon Breazeale, ed. and Michael Smithies, tr. vi Contents
Reviews
The Ambiguous Allure of the West: Traces of the Colonial in Thailand, edited by Rachel V. Harrison and Peter A. Jackson Reviewed by Chris Baker 239
Proper Islamic Consumption: Shopping among the Malays in Modern Malaysia, by Johan Fischer Reviewed by Patrick Jory 243
Tourism in Southeast Asia: Challenges and New Directions, edited by Michael Hitchcock, Victor T. King and Michael Parnwell Reviewed by Steve Van Beek 246
Bangkok, a Cultural and Literary History, by Maryvelma O’Neil Reviewed by Michael Smithies 250
Jungle Book: Thailand’s Politics, Moral Panic, and Plunder, 1996–2008, by ‘Chang Noi’ Reviewed by Craig J. Reynolds 254
Thai Forestry: A Critical History, by Ann Danaiya Usher Reviewed by Thomas Enters 257
Thaksin, by Pasuk Phongpaichit and Chris Baker Reviewed by Edward Van Roy 260
People of Virtue: Reconfiguring Religion, Power and Moral Order in Cambodia Today, edited by Alexandra Kent and David Chandler Reviewed by John Tully 264
Dependent Communities: Aid and Politics in Cambodia and East Timor, by Caroline Hughes Reviewed by Benny Widyono 267
The Last Century of Lao Royalty: A Documentary History, by Grant Evans Reviewed by Martin Stuart-Fox 272
Creating Laos: The Making of a Lao Space between Indochina and Siam, 1860–1945, by Søren Ivarsson Reviewed by Holly High 279
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Imagining Communities in Thailand: Ethnographic Approaches, edited by Shigeharu Tanabe Reviewed by Anthony R. Walker 281
Burmese Buddhist Murals: Vol. 1, Epigraphic Corpus of the Powin Taung Caves, by Christophe Munier and Myint Aung Reviewed by Donald A. Stadtner 283
Books received for review 286
Obituaries
Thanpuying Lursakdi Sampatisiri, 1919–2010 289
Yoneo Ishii, 1929–2010 291 Charles F. Keyes
Constance Wilson, 1937–2010 293 John Hartmann
Hans Penth, 1937–2009 296 Reinhard Hohler
Contributors to this issue 297
Notes for contributors 301
Journal of the Siam Society, Vol. 98, 2010