{"product_id":"buddhism-education-and-politics-in-khammai-dhammasami-9781350123069","title":"Buddhism, Education and Politics in Burma and Thailand: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present","description":"Drawing on primary sources in Pali, Burmese and Thai, practising monk Venerable Khammai Dhammasami guides the reader through the complex history of monastic education in two neighbouring countries with very different Buddhist societies: Burma and Thailand. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This book provides a clear account of the ways in which royal leaders and monastic institutions worked to develop monastic education in the face of changing political and economic conditions, including colonialism and the political instability of the 19th and 20th centuries. It studies influences from both British colonists and Siamese\/Thai reformers, and engages with primary material, including documents from Burmese monasteries, royal orders, royal chronicles, and official government records. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As the first book to examine monastic education in Burma and Thailand, this is a welcome contribution to the social, monastic and religious history of Southeast Asia, and the growing field of Burmese Buddhist Studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Khammai Dhammasami\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350123064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350123069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.60d","brand":"Khammai Dhammasami","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925005205759,"sku":"9781350123069","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_85c68858-127d-44f6-a22d-dd8314e07855.jpg?v=1681074759","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/buddhism-education-and-politics-in-khammai-dhammasami-9781350123069","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}