Protecting Asia’s Heritage: Yesterday and Tomorrow Ethnicity grounded in contemporary issues and

grounded in contemporary issues and reflective of a critical approach to Thai studies that demands the attention of the current generation of scholars”—Kevin Hewison

has written many books

the growing Japanese presence in Thailand

“State-Society Relations and Women's Political Participation” in Jackie West

which represent rare and unique forms of communication between man and nature in written and iconographical forms

Protecting Asia’s Heritage: Yesterday and Tomorrow Ethnicity grounded in contemporary issues andAsias splendid heritage is at riskfrom rapid economic growth, government neglect, and poorly managed tourism. But some people have become deeply, passionately, and actively involved in protecting Asias heritageas activists, organizers, critics, teachers, artists, and entrepreneurs. In this book, twelve principal authors, all Asians, from eleven of the regions countries, present their experience of what has been done in the past, and their ideas on