Buddha on Mecca's Verandah, The Wholesale Aung San became Burma’s chief

Aung San became Burma’s chief negotiator for independence from Britain

The art of weaving sazigyo never recovered from the impact of the printed book and by the 1970s had all but vanished

“This important book is theoretically engaged

resident in Thailand

he now focuses on the factors that fuel the cultural dynamics of contemporary Southeast Asia

Buddha on Mecca's Verandah, The Wholesale Aung San became Burma’s chiefThe Buddha on Mecca's Verandah examines the many ways in which people living along an international border negotiate their ethnic, cultural, and political identities. This ethnography of a small community of Thai Buddhists in the Malaysian state of Kelantan draws on rich, original vignettes to show how issues of territoriality, identity, and power frame the experiences of borderland residents. Although the Thai represent less than 10 percent of the