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Walter E.J. Tips

Portrait of Walter E.J.  Tips

Walter E. J. Tips is an independent historian specializing in the history of South China, Siam, Cambodia, as well as the documentation of photographic works related to Southeast Asia, a writer, translator of reference books (often for the first time into the Engish language) and illustrator.

It was when he was teaching Rural Development Planning at the Asian Institute of Technology (Division of Human Settlements Development Bangkok) that he expanded his personal research on Southeast Asian history and culture. A professor of Rural Science at Ghent University, he has advised several development projects in Nepal and other countries. 

Publications

author

  1. [text and illustrations] Siam’s Struggle for Survival: Gunboat Incident at Paknam and the Franco-Siamese Treaty of1893, Bangkok: White Lotus, 1996, 272 p. ISBN: 9789748496818.
  2. Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns and the making of modern Siam: The diaries and letters of King Chulalongkorn’s general adviser, Bangkok: White Lotus, 1996, 493 p.
  3. Crime and punishment in King Chulalongkorn’s kingdom: The special commission for the reorganisation of the provincial courts in Ayuthia (1896−1897), Bangkok: White Lotus, 1998, 302 p. ISBN 978 – 9748434278.
  4. [editor of reprint] Siam’s Rural Economy under King Chulalongkorn by Prince Dilok Nabarath, Bangkok: White Lotus, 2000, 339 p. ISBN13 978 – 9747534252. 

translator

  1. [tr. from NL, introduction and illustr. Siamese sketches, by Charles Buls, Bangkok: White Lotus, 1994, 154 p. ISBN13 978 – 9748496238.
  2. [tr. from FR, introduction] In Laos and Siam, by Marthe Bassenne, Bangkok: White Lotus, 1995, 144 p. ISBN13 978 – 9748496290.
  3. [tr. from FR, introduction] Travels in Laos The Fate of the Sip Song Pana and Muong Sing (1894−1896), by E. Lefèvre, Bangkok: White Lotus, 1995. ISBN13 978 – 1879155503.
  4. [tr. from FR, introduction] In Siam: The Diary of a Legal Adviser of King Chulalongkorns’s Government, by Émile Jottrand, Bangkok: White Lotus, 1995, 437 p.. ISBN13 978 – 9748496399.
  5. [tr. from FR, introduction] Travels in Upper Laos and Siam with an Account of the Chinese Haw Invasion and Puan Resistance, by Dr. P. Neis, Bangkok: White Lotus, 1997, 106 p.
  6. [tr. from FR, introduction] A Pictorial Journey on the Old Mekong (Cambodia, Laos and Yunnan), by Louis Delaporte and Francis Garnier, Bangkok: White Lotus, 1998, 225 p. (+illustr.). ISBN13 978 – 9748496764.
  7. [tr. from FR, afterword] A Journey to Yunnan and the Opening of the Red River to Trade, by J. Dupuis, Bangkok: White Lotus, 1998, 112 p. (+illustr.). ISBN13 978 – 9748434308.
  8. ‎[tr. from FR, introduction] Bangkok in 1892, by Lucien Fourneraau, Bangkok: White Lotus, 1998, 171 p. (+illustr.). ISBN13 978 – 9748434421.
  9. [tr. from FR, introduction] Khmer Heritage in the Old Siamese Provinces of Cambodia, by Etienne Aymonier, Bangkok: White Lotus, 1999, 296 p. ISBN13 978 – 9748434575 ; repr. 2004.
  10. [tr. from FR, introduction] War and Peace in Hanoi and Tonkin : A Field Report of the Franco-Chinese War and on Customs and Beliefs of the Vietnamese (1884−1885), by Dr. Edouard Hocquard, Bangkok: White Lotus, 1999, 612 p. ISBN13 978 – 9748434414.
  11. [tr. from FR, introduction] Searching for the Sources of the Irrawaddy. With Prince Henri d’Orleans from Hanoi to Calcutta Overland, by Emile Roux, Bangkok: White Lotus, 1999. ISBN13 978 – 9748434216.
  12. [tr. from FR] Description of the Thai Kingdom or Siam, Thailand under King Mongkut, by Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix, 1999, 437 p. ISBN13 978 – 9747534054.
  13. [tr. from DE] The country and people of Siam, by Karl Döhring, Bangkok: White Lotus, 1999, 206 p. ISBN13 978 – 9748434872.
  14. [tr. from DE, introduction by Krisana Honguten] Buddhist Temples of Thailand: An Architectonic Introduction, by Karl Döhring, Bangkok: White Lotus, 2000, 353 p. ISBN13 978 – 9747534405.
  15. [tr. from FR, introduction] Travels in Central Vietnam and Laos (The Pavie Mission Indochina Papers 1879 – 1895 Vol 4), by A. de Malglaive, A.J. Rivière, Bangkok: White Lotus, 2000, 337 p. ISBN13 978 – 9748434780.
  16. [tr. from FR, introduction] Travels in Laos and among the Tribes of Southeast Indochina (the Pavie Mission Indochina Papers 1879 – 1895 vol 6), by P. Cupet, Bangkok: White Lotus, 2000, 446 p. ISBN13 978 – 9748434834.
  17. [tr. from FR, introduction] Travel Reports of the Pavie Mission: Vietnam, Laos, Yunnan and Siam, by Auguste Pavie, Bangkok: White Lotus, 2000, 759 p. ISBN13 978 – 9748434827.
  18. [tr. from FR, introduction] Isan Travels: Northeast Thailand’s Economy in 1883 – 1884, by Étienne Aymonier, Bangkok: White Lotus, 2000, 347 p. ISBN13 978 – 9747534443.
  19. [tr. from FR, introduction] Photographic Impressions of French Indochina: Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos in 1930, by Charles Robequain, Bangkok: White Lotus, 2001, 172 p. (+illustr.). ISBN13 978 – 9747534849.
  20. [tr. from FR, introduction] Minorities of the Sino-Vietnamese Borderland, With Special Reference to Thai Tribes, by Maurice Abadie, Bangkok: White Lotus, 2001, 259 p. (+120 photos). ISBN13 978 – 9747534573.
  21. [editor of a reprint of multilingual photography book] Photographic Impressions of Burma, Siam, Cambodia, Yunnan, Champa, and Vietnam, by Martin Hürlimann, Bangkok: White Lotus, 2001, 276 p. ISBN13 978 – 9747534641.
  22. [tr. from DE, introduction] On Horseback Through Indo China: Vol 3: Vietnam, Singapore & Central Thailand, by Otto E. Ehlers, Bangkok: White Lotus, 2002, 232 p. ISBN13: 978 – 9747534986.
  23. [tr. from DE, introduction] With the Austrian Frigate Novara in the Nicobar Islands (1858), by Karl von Scherzer, ed. by Christian Coodden, Bangkok: White Lotus, 2004, 123 p. ISBN13 978 – 9744800541.
  24. [tr. from IT with Claudio Bertuccio, introduction by Luigi Bressan] A New and Interesting Description of the Lao Kingdom (1642−1648), by G.F. De Marini, Bangkok: White Lotus, 2007, 153 p. ISBN13 2978 – 9748434131.
  25. [tr. from FR, introduction] IndoChina, by Albert Sarraut, 2010, 176 p. ISBN13 978 – 9744801609.
  26. [tr. from FR, introduction] The Akha and Phu Noi Minoritoes of Laos in the 1920s, by Henri Roux, Bangkok: White Lotus, 2011,180 p. ISBN13 978 – 9744801753.
  27. [tr. from FR, introduction] Around Laos in 1900: A Photographer’s Adventure [based on Alfred Raquez’s writings and photographs], Bangkok: White Lotus, 2012, 541 p. ISBN13 978 – 9744801821.
  28. [tr. from FR, introduction] Around Southeast Asia in 1897: French Woman’s Observations in Vietnam, Laos, Burma, Cambodia and Thailand, by Isabelle Massieu, 2013, 311 p. ISBN13 978 – 9744801050.
  29. [tr. from FR, introduction] By Motorcar From Saigon to Angkor Wat in 1908: A French Vintage Car Adventure, by Duc de Montpensier, Bangkok: White Lotus, 2014, 231 p. ISBN13 978 – 9748434803.