Paper Title :People in Adolf Bastian’s “Journey in Siam in 1863”
Author :Catthiyakorn Sasitharamas
Article Citation :Catthiyakorn Sasitharamas ,
(2018 ) " People in Adolf Bastian’s “Journey in Siam in 1863” " ,
International Journal of Management and Applied Science (IJMAS) ,
pp. 59-63,
Volume-4,Issue-12
Abstract : This article lays a focus on “Journey in Siam in 1863”, a journey’s account of Adolf Bastian, a well-known
German Ethnologist and anthropologists, who lived from 1826-1905. Bastian started his career as a ship’s doctor in 1850 and
as such, Bastian could travel to many places around the world, such as Australia, Peru, the Caribbean and Africa. Bastian
thus interested in ethnography and anthropology. In 1861, Bastian decided to travel to Southeast Asia. He first visited
Cambodia, Myanma and after that Siam in 1863, when his journey’s account, Journey in Siam in 1863”, which will be
studied in this article, was published. In this article, Bastian paid attention to the language and customs of Siam, as well as on
Buddhism, the main religion in Siam. Moreover, he also reported about people, both important and ordinary, in his journey
account. This fact thus makes Bastian’s account interesting, since it’s difficult for historians to obtain information about life
of ordinary people, especially in the early Rattanakhosin era.
Keywords - Adolf Bastian, Siam, Journey in Siam
Type : Research paper
Published : Volume-4,Issue-12
DOIONLINE NO - IJMAS-IRAJ-DOIONLINE-14545
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