The Architecture of South-East Asia through Travellers' Eyes

by Waterson, Roxana; King, Victor T.

• ISBN13: 9789835600333
• ISBN10: 9835600333
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-04-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

From the sublime ruins of Angkor Wat to the bustle of burgeoning cities like Singapore, this anthology of travel writings evokes the many amazing architectural styles of South-East Asia.

Author Biography

Roxana Waterson is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the National University of Singapore.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v	(6)
VICTOR T. KING
Acknowledgements	xi	(6)
Introduction	xvii
ROXANA WATERSON
Ruins	1	(43)
1 Exploring the Ruins of Angkor	1	(11)
PIERRE LOTI
2 A Visit to Angkor Thom and the Bayon	12	(6)
MALCOLM MACDONALD
3 `Pagan as It is Today'	18	(6)
V.C. SCOTT O'CONNOR
4 The Antiquities of Borobudur and Dieng	24	(7)
THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES
5 `Boro Boedor'	31	(8)
E.R. SCIDMORE
6 Looking for the Ruins of Majapahit	39	(5)
HARRIET PONDER
Cities and Towns	44	(52)
7 Floating Houses in Bangkok	44	(4)
JOHN THOMSON
8 Walks in Phnom Penh and Saigon (1871-2)	48	(6)
FRANK VINCENT, JUN.
9 Impressions of Luang Prabang in the 1860s	54	(4)
LOUIS DE CARNE
10 The Straits Settlements at the Turn of the Century	58	(9)
FRANK ATHELSTANE SWETTENHAM
11 Kuala Lumpur at the Turn of the Century	67	(5)
NG SEO BUCK
12 Singapore in the 1860s	72	(11)
JOHN CAMERON
13 The Dutch Lifestyle in Batavia in the 1790s	83	(6)
JOHN BARROW
14 Makassar in the 1850s	89	(3)
ALFRED RUSSELL WALLACE
15 Life in Early Nineteenth Century Manila	92	(4)
PAUL PROUST DE LA GIRONIERE
Palaces	96	(35)
16 The Palace of Mandalay	96	(5)
V.C. SCOTT O'CONNOR
17 `A Description of the Palace of the King of Siam'	101	(4)
GUY TACHARD
18 An Audience with the Emperor of Annam at Hue in 1875	105	(8)
BROSSARD DE CORBIGNY
19 The Harem of the Sultan of Brunei in the 1860s	113	(2)
SPENSER ST JOHN
20 `Visitors' Day at the Palace, Djocjakarta'	115	(8)
JAN POORTENAAR
21 A Meeting with the Raja of Goa, Celebes	123	(3)
ALFRED RUSSELL WALLACE
22 A Stay with the Raja of Magindanao in August 1775	126	(5)
THOMAS FORREST
Temples	131	(19)
23 On Burmese Pagodas	131	(3)
R. TALBOT KELLY
24 Bangkok and Its Temples	134	(7)
GEOFFREY GORER
25 The Temples of Bali	141	(9)
MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS
Villages	150	(39)
26 Meegyoungyai and Nyaung-U, on the Banks of the Irrawaddy	150	(8)
R. TALBOT KELLY
27 Choquan, a Vietnamese Village	158	(3)
JOHN THOMSON
28 East Coast Malay Fishing Villages in the Monsoon Season	161	(2)
HUGH CLIFFORD
29 Villages of the Melanau, Kanowit, and Bidayuh of Sarawak	163	(5)
SPENSER ST JOHN
30 The Village of a Chief	168	(5)
VIOLET CLIFTON
31 Villages and Megaliths of South Nias	173	(6)
F.M. SCHNITGER
32 Villages in Lampung, South Sumatra	179	(5)
HENRY O. FORBES
33 `Life in a Dessa'	184	(5)
HARRIET PONDER
Domestic Architecture	189	(100)
34 A Lao House at Kiang Hai in 1881	189	(4)
CARL BOCK
35 `A Laos Cabin'	193	(4)
JONATHAN WILSON
36 Lunch at the Headman's House in Naning	197	(3)
J.R. LOGAN
37 Malay Houses in Perak in the 1870s	200	(7)
J.F.A. McNAIR
38 Some Habitations of the Orang Asli of the Malay Peninsula	207	(8)
WALTER WILLIAM SKEAT
CHARLES OTTO BLAGDEN
39 The Ritual Selection of a House Site among the Malays	215	(8)
WALTER WILLIAM SKEAT
40 The Furnishings of a Malay House	223	(7)
RICHARD O. WINSTEDT
41 The Pangah or `Head-house' of the Land Dayak	230	(2)
HUGH LOW
42 The Construction of a Sarawak Longhouse	232	(9)
CHARLES HOSE
43 Houses of Sumatra in the 1770s	241	(8)
WILLIAM MARSDEN
44 The Houses of the Minangkabau	249	(4)
THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES
45 The Houses of the Acehnese	253	(12)
C. SNOUCK HURGR ONJE
46 A Balinese House	265	(9)
MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS
47 A New Guinea Longhouse at Dore in 1775	274	(5)
THOMAS FORREST
48 A Tanimbar House	279	(3)
HENRY O. FORBES
49 Houses of the Ifugao, Bontoc, and Kalinga of Luzon	282	(7)
CORNELIS DE WITT WILLCOX
Colonial Residences	289
50 A `Fairy-tale Chateau' at Taiping	289	(7)
BRAU DE SAINT-POL LIAS
51 My Boarding House in Cavenagh Road	296	(11)
GEORGE L. PEET
52 The Colonial Houses of Batavia	307
AUGUSTA DE WIT