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Lanna: Thailand's Northern Kingdom (River Books) | 
 enlarge | Creator: Michael Freeman
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: $24.80
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 6025067
Media: Paperback
Pages: 244
ISBN: 0500976023
EAN: 9780500976029
ASIN: 0500976023
Publication Date: December 10, 2001
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Product Description
The country now known as Thailand only achieved its present form in the nineteenth century. Before then for over five hundred years there flourished the independent kingdom of Lanna (one million rice fields), stretching north from Phitsanulok as far as Chieng Rai, as far east as present-day Laos and as far west as Burma. Over the centuries the kingdom developed fascinating and distinctive art, architecture, language and culture, many elements of which still endure, and all of which are explored in this lavishly illustrated book. Michael Freeman is an internationally renowned photographer and writer. His travels in Northern Thailand over the past twenty years have allowed him to gain an unrivalled knowledge of this multi-faceted region.
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Beautiful. Detailed. Great for temples enthusiasts. June 23, 2004
This is a beautiful book. Perfect for visitors to the region who are interested in visiting local temples ("wat") but do not know which ones to pick out from hundreds of them. This book is not all about temples, mind you. There are wonderful information on Lanna culture, history and places of interest for tourists as well.
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