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A meeting of masks : status, power and hierarchy in Bangkok / Sophorntavy Vorng.
Lippincott Library HF5475.T5 V67 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vorng, Sophorntavy, author.
- Series:
- Nordic Institute of Asian Studies monograph series ; no. 135.
- Nordic Institute of Asian Studies monograph series ; no. 135
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Globalization.
- Economic conditions.
- Capitalism.
- Social conditions.
- Bangkok (Thailand)--History.
- Bangkok (Thailand).
- Capitalism--Thailand--Bangkok--Social conditions.
- Globalization--Thailand--Economic conditions.
- Thailand.
- Thailand--Bangkok.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 194 : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Copenhagen : NIAS Press, 2017.
- Contents:
- A note on the text
- Glossary of Thai terms
- Introduction: Division and discontent
- 1. Class and status in Thailand
- 2. Indigenous space, hierarchy, and Kalathesa
- 3. Hi-So discourse and middle-class aspirations
- 4. City above countryside
- 5. The value of a person.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-182) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9788776941963
- 8776941973
- OCLC:
- 974927780
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