Gambling, the state and society in Thailand, c. 1800-1945 / James A. Warren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Warren, James A., author.

Series:

Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia (2005) ; 82.

Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 82

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gambling--Thailand--History.

Gambling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Charts the development of gambling in Thailand and relates it to the development of Thai state and society, showing how gambling was a fundamental issue hugely affecting political developments. It considers the difference between law and how law is enforced, outlining how the Thai elite, though professing opposition to gambling, often both tolerated and profited from it, as did the police"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Gambling and socio-economic change in nineteenth-century Siam

Games, dens and players : gambling in nineteenth-century Thai society

Gambling revenue and the creation of the modern Thai nation-state

The Thai elite, anti-gambling and lawmaking

The police and enforcement

The judiciary, punishment and the prison

The press and the Bangkok middle class

Buddhism, the sangha and the silent majority

The criminalization of vice : gambling policy in comparative perspective.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-90900-8

0-203-55210-5

1-299-46937-X

1-135-90893-1

9780203552100

OCLC:

841171211