Tracks and traces [electronic resource] : Thailand and the work of Andrew Turton / edited by Philip Hirsch and Nicholas Tapp.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hirsch, Philip.

Tapp, Nicholas.

Series:

ICAS publication series. Edited volumes ; 13.

ICAS publication series. Edited volumes ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences.

Thailand--History.

Thailand.

Thailand--Politics and government.

Turton, Andrew.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2010.

Summary:

This book traces the threads that tie together an understanding of Thailand as a dynamic and rapidly changing society, through an examination of the work of one major scholar of the country, Andrew Turton. Turton's anthropological studies of Thailand cover a wide spectrum from politics and economy to ritual and culture, and have been crucial in shaping evolving models of Thai society.In this collection, ten leading specialists on Thailand from a variety of disciplines critically consider aspects of Turton's work in relation to the changing nature of different aspects of Thai society. The book

Contents:

Table of Contents; List of Tables, Figures, and Photographs; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Opening Reflections: Northeastern Thai Ethnoregionalism Updated; 2. Transforming Agrarian Transformation in a Globalizing Thailand; 3. Local Leaders and the State in Thailand; 4. Roots of Ongoing Conflict: Reflections on Andrew Turton's Analysis of Thailand in the 1970's; 5. Censorship and Authoritative Forms of Discourse: A Reconsideration of Thai Constructions of Knowledge; 6. 'Modernising Subjects': Moral-Political Contests in Thailand's Drive Toward Modernity

7. An Early Critical Foray into Participation in Thailand 8. Thai Institutions of Slavery: Their Economic and Cultural Setting; 9. British Diplomatic Missions to Tai States in the Early Modern Period: A Reappraisal; Appendix; Notes on Contributors; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-485-1287-5

OCLC:

657124562