Buddhism, education and politics in Burma and Thailand : from the seventeenth century to the present /

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Author / Creator:	Dhammasami, Khammai, 1964- author.
Imprint:	London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.
Description:	272 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Buddhist education -- Burma -- History. Buddhist education -- Thailand -- History. Buddhist monks -- Education -- Burma -- History. Buddhist monks -- Education -- Thailand -- History. Buddhist education. Buddhist monks -- Education. Social conditions. Burma -- Social conditions. Thailand -- Social conditions. Burma. Thailand. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11592481

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ISBN:	9781350054240 1350054240 9781350054264
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-248) and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Burma: The Education of the Sangha under Strong Monarchs - Thalun (1629-1648) of the Ava Period and Bodawpaya (1782-1819) of the Kon-Baung Period
3. Burma: A Threatened Buddhist Kingdom and a Nationalist Sangha - Mindon (1853-1878)
4. Siam: Political Instability and the Sangha
5. Siam: The Standardization of Monastic Education, and National Integration under Chulalongkorn (1868-1910)
6. Idealism and Pragmatism: Dilemmas in the Current Monastic Education Systems of Burma and Thailand
Historical Summary
Afterword: The Future
Sources
Appendices
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Glossary
Index

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