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Informationen zum Autor Patit Paban Mishra is professor of history at Sambalpur University, India, where he specializes in world history with specific emphasis on South Asian and Southeast Asian history. Klappentext The book provides a clear portrayal of Thailand's culture and society, and explains its significance in the history of human civilization, its strategic geographic location, and its attraction as a tourist destination. Thailand is a fascinating country with a very rich culture and history. Today, it is home to over 60 million people, and is a newly industrialized nation with an emerging world economy. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of rice, with roughly half of its arable land dedicated to rice fields. As home to one of the earliest iron and bronze cultures, Thailand can be regarded as a "cradle of civilization." This book is divided into 11 chapters that follow an introduction that explains the text's scope, organization and methodology. A chronology of historical events, biographical entries on key figures, a bibliography, a glossary of terms, and selected maps provide an enlightening, complete view of Thailand's culture and world significance. Zusammenfassung The book provides a clear portrayal of Thailand's culture and society! and explains its significance in the history of human civilization! its strategic geographic location! and its attraction as a tourist destination. Thailand is a fascinating country with a very rich culture and history.
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Professor (Dr) Patit Paban Mishra, a retired Professor of History at Sambalpur University, India, and the Northern University of Malaysia, specialises in World History, with a particular focus on South Asian and Southeast Asian History. He earned his MA in History from Delhi University, and his MPhil and PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Additionally, he was conferred the D.Litt degree by Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.Professor Mishra has an illustrious teaching career spanning nearly 38 years, during which he supervised numerous MPhil, PhD, and D.Litt scholars in both India and abroad. He has served as President of the Indian History Congress (Section IV) and the Odisha History Congress in 2005 and 2011, respectively.He is the author of more than eight books and over 30 research articles. A prolific contributor to encyclopaedias, he has written approximately 900 articles for over 150 encyclopaedias published by renowned publishers in the USA and the UK. His editorial contributions include serving as editor/co-editor of encyclopaedias such as Native Peoples of the World: An Encyclopedia of Groups, Cultures and Contemporary Issues, Organized Crime: From Trafficking to Terrorism, and the Encyclopedia of Modern Asia.Professor Mishra has earned an outstanding scholarly reputation as an encyclopaedia editor and author. He has chaired or participated in 22 international conferences and over three dozen national conferences. His academic engagements include roles as Visiting Professor/Fellow, as well as authoring several books and monographs. Notably, his book on Thailand was published by Greenwood Publications, USA. Following his retirement, he served as a Professor at the Northern University of Malaysia for three years.He has also been a Senior Academic Fellow of the Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, and a Senior Academic Consultant at Odisha Open University, Sambalpur. Professor Mishra is the sole author of An Encyclopaedia in Spatio-Temporal Dimensions: Biography, Culture, and Religion (Cambridge Scholars Publishing Ltd, Newcastle, UK, 2024), a 589-page volume featuring 400 entries. Another encyclopaedia, Encyclopaedia of World Nations: Biographies, Culture, Religion, and Political Landscapes, encompassing approximately 350 entries, is forthcoming.Professor Mishra is a life member of several professional associations, including the Indian History Congress, ASRC Hyderabad, the Association of Indian Archives, IAPPS, IHRC, the Odisha History Congress, IDSA, IPP (USA), and the Association of International Studies (AIS), Northern University of Malaysia.
