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Bangkok
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Author : Maryvelma O'Neil
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2008-09-04
Bangkok written by Maryvelma O'Neil and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-04 with History categories.
In this vibrant cultural history, Maryvelma O'Neil takes us on an engaging tour of Bangkok, revealing the rich ancient heritage of this fascinating city. The capital of the Kingdom of Thailand, Bangkok stands out as a place of extraordinary allure. Beginning as a floating city in a lush tropical setting, known to foreigners as the "Venice of the East," its majestic Grand Palace and glittering Buddhist temples today compete with chimneystacks and a jungle of skyscrapers. O'Neil illuminates a city rich in art, history, royal ceremony, and tradition and she uncovers fascinating pockets of traditional indigenous life and places of intense beauty hidden in Bangkok's labyrinthine lanes and alleys.
Short Stories Of Bangkok Beyond
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Short Stories Of Bangkok Beyond written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Short stories, Thai (English). categories.
Bangkok
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Author : Roseline NgCheong-Lum
language : en
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
Release Date : 2006-05
Bangkok written by Roseline NgCheong-Lum and has been published by Marshall Cavendish this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05 with Travel categories.
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Comrade Aeon S Field Guide To Bangkok
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Author : Emma Larkin
language : en
Publisher: Granta Books
Release Date : 2021-05-06
Comrade Aeon S Field Guide To Bangkok written by Emma Larkin and has been published by Granta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-06 with Fiction categories.
In Bangkok, a plot of land behind a city slum resonates with the hopes, dreams and fears of the local community. For Comrade Aeon, a homeless insurgent who fled to the jungle after a military crackdown on student protestors in 1976, it's a verdant refuge and the place from which he documents the underbelly of the city. For Ida Barnes, an ex-pat whose husband may be cheating on her, it's an inviting retreat. For Witty, an urbane property developer married to one of the city's most famous movie stars, it's a 'Bangkok Unicorn' - that rare chance to make his mark on the Bangkok skyline. But the slum-dwelling spirits who guard its secrets know that it holds a much darker history, that it masks the silent politics at the heart of Thai culture. Written with a tender compassion for Bangkok's people and customs, Comrade Aeon's Field Guide to Bangkok is a masterful, propulsive debut which introduces a fresh new talent in fiction
Reading Bangkok
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Author : Ross King
language : en
Publisher: NUS Press
Release Date : 2011
Reading Bangkok written by Ross King and has been published by NUS Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Social Science categories.
Reading Bangkok presents stories and meanings derived from the built fabric and spaces of Thailand's capital city. The narrative shifts from King Taksin's mostly forgotten but wondrous Thonburi to the tourist spectacle of Rattanakosin, Dusit and Ratchadamnoen (King Rama V's superficial emulation of an admired, imperialist Europe), Sukhumvit "Road" (consumer land), and the slums that are an integral part of the modern city. The author structures the book around external intrusions and local resistance. Geographically, this process is seen in movement from centre to periphery (Thonburi, Rattanakosin, Ratchadamnoen, Sukhumvit, Ratchadapisek, Khlong Toei, the universities). Chronologically, the city underwent various forms of colonization: incorporation of the periphery, which in turn colonized Bangkok; the economic colonization of the 19th and 20th centuries; colonization by consumption brought on in large part by globalized tourism; colonization by the "better" ideas of others (typically from the West); and finally colonization by "better" ways of thinking - notably the intrusions of the universities and of popular democracy. This exceptionally innovative study draws on urban planning and development, history, anthropology, and political economy, and a rich body of empirical data to provide insights into the maze of power relations, inequalities and global influences that is normally hidden from view. Reading Bangkok is that rare thing, a study that genuinely changes the way its subject is seen and understood.
Woman Man Bangkok
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Author : Scot Barmé
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2002
Woman Man Bangkok written by Scot Barmé and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Family & Relationships categories.
During the early decades of the twentieth century, Thailand's capital, Bangkok, took on an increasingly cosmopolitan character-a development fueled both by global economic forces and a local revolution in communications. The 1920s were a particularly dynamic period of social and cultural transformation that had a profound impact on the development of Thai modernity. This book examines the growth of a polyphonous and often vociferous Thai public, a public that used a range of new media outlets to express themselves and clamor for a more just and equitable social order. Scot BarmZ mines a rich lode of previously ignored cultural ephemera found in popular newspapers, magazines, novels, short stories, film booklets, and cartoons to create a vibrant cultural history of early modern Thailand that moves beyond conventional, elite-based historical studies of the period. By focusing on such controversies and conflicts as the status of women, relations between the sexes, class antagonisms, and the growth of a commercial mass culture, this book offers a new interpretation of the key decade of the 1920s and its significance for contemporary Thailand.
Siamese Melting Pot
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Author : Edward Van Roy
language : en
Publisher: Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.
Release Date : 2018-02-14
Siamese Melting Pot written by Edward Van Roy and has been published by Flipside Digital Content Company Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-14 with Social Science categories.
Ethnic minorities historically comprised a solid majority of Bangkok's population. They played a dominant role in the city's exuberant economic and social development. In the shadow of Siam's prideful, flamboyant Thai ruling class, the city's diverse minorities flourished quietly. The Thai-Portuguese; the Mon; the Lao; the Cham, Persian, Indian, Malay, and Indonesian Muslims; and the Taechiu, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainanese, and Cantonese Chinese speech groups were particularly important. Others, such as the Khmer, Vietnamese, Thai Yuan, Sikhs, and Westerners, were smaller in numbers but no less significant in their influence on the city's growth and prosperity. In tracing the social, political, and spatial dynamics of Bangkok's ethnic pluralism through the two-and-a-half centuries of the city's history, this book calls attention to a long-neglected mainspring of Thai urban development. While the book's primary focus is on the first five reigns of the Chakri dynasty (1782-1910), the account extends backward and forward to reveal the continuing impact of Bangkok's ethnic minorities on Thai culture change, within the broader context of Thai development studies. It provides an exciting perspective and unique resource for anyone interested in exploring Bangkok's evolving cultural milieu or Thailand's modern history.
Bangkok
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Author : Steve Van Beek
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Bangkok written by Steve Van Beek and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Bangkok (Thailand) categories.
Bangkok
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Author : Marc Askew
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2002
Bangkok written by Marc Askew and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Business & Economics categories.
An in-depth study of the city's many facets, with insights from cultural history, urban studies and human geography - a powerful account of the real Bangkok. Essential reading for anyone with an interest in urban studies or Asian studies.
500 Hidden Secrets Of Bangkok
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Author : Dave Stamboulis
language : en
Publisher: Uitgeverij Luster
Release Date : 2017
500 Hidden Secrets Of Bangkok written by Dave Stamboulis and has been published by Uitgeverij Luster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with TRAVEL categories.
- Visit Bangkok in the footsteps of a local and track down the city's best-kept secrets - Perfect for tourists who want to avoid the usual hotspots, and for locals who want to get to know their city even better- A new edition in Luster's successful, practical, and attractive series of city guidesAn affectionate city guide to Bangkok, written by a local, tracking down the city's best-kept secrets. In The 500 Hidden Secrets of Bangkok Dave Stamboulis shares his favourite places in his hometown such as: - 5 lovely and colourful food courts - 5 bizarre sights - 5 places to see traditional Thai performance arts - 5 lovely bicycle tours - 5 bars to visit on the riverside