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020			_a9781760463168
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100	1		_aReynolds, Craig J. _4auth
245	1	0	_aPower, Protection and Magic in Thailand _bThe Cosmos of a Southern Policeman
260			_bANU Press _c2019
300			_a1 electronic resource (214 p.)
506	0		_aOpen Access _2star _fUnrestricted online access
520			_aThis biographical study of an unusual southern policeman explores the relationship between religion and power in Thailand during the early twentieth century when parts of the country were remote and banditry was rife. Khun Phan (1898–2006), known as Lion Lawman, sometimes used rather too much lethal force in carrying out his orders. He was the most famous graduate of a monastic academy in the mid-south, whose senior teachers imparted occult knowledge favoured by fighters on both sides of the law. Khun Phan imbibed this knowledge to confront the risks and uncertainty that lay ahead and bolster his confidence and self-reliance for his struggle with adversaries. Against the background of national events, the story is rooted in the mid-south where the policeman was born and died. Based on a wide range of works in Thai language, on field trips to the region and on interviews with local and regional scholars as well as the policeman’s descendants, this generously illustrated book, accompanied by short video clips, brings to life the distinctive environment of the lakes district on the Malay Peninsula.
540			_aCreative Commons _fby-nc-nd/4.0/ _2cc
546			_aEnglish
650		0	_aИстория отдельных стран и народов _92152
653			_aИстория Азии
856	4	0	_awww.oapen.org _uhttps://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/3760d131-c424-4073-80b5-dc4210a1448a/power.pdf _70 _zDownload
856	4	0	_awww.oapen.org _uhttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/23601 _70 _zDescription
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