Chiang Mai Between Empire and Modern Thailand : A City in the Colonial Margins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Easum, Taylor.

Series:

Asian cities (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Asian Cities Series.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thailand.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Urban histories tend to be dominated by large, global cities. But what does the history of the modern, colonial era look like from the perspective of smaller cities? By shifting the focus from the metropolis to the secondary city of Chiang Mai, this study provides an alternative narrative of the formation of the modern Thai state that highlights the overlap between European, American, and Siamese interests. Through a detailed analysis of Chiang Mai's urban space, the power dynamics that shaped the city come into focus as an urban-scale manifestation of colonial forces-albeit an incomplete one that allowed sacred space to become a source of conflict that was only resolved in the years before WWII. Today, as the city confronts the challenge of overdevelopment, the legacy of the colonial era, and the opportunity of heritage preservation, this deep, multi-layered history of the power of (and over) urban space is vital.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Note on Transliteration and Sources

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Reading Urban Space in the Colonial Margins

1 The City Founded

2 The City Stabilized

3 The Region Transformed

4 The City Reshaped

5 The New City and the New State

Conclusion: Writing Urban Space in the Heart of the City

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0https://www.aup.nl/en/publish/open-access

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-04-077866-6

1-003-69224-9

1-04-078382-1

90-485-5478-0

9781003692249

OCLC:

1391758544