A History of Thailand

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Cambridge University Press, 2014/06/05 - 346 ページ
A History of Thailand offers a lively and accessible account of Thailand's political, economic, social and cultural history. This book explores how a world of mandarin nobles and unfree peasants was transformed and examines how the monarchy managed the foundation of a new nation-state at the turn of the twentieth century. The authors capture the clashes between various groups in their attempts to take control of the nation-state in the twentieth century. They track Thailand's economic changes through an economic boom, globalisation and the evolution of mass society. This edition sheds light on Thailand's recent political, social and economic developments, covering the coup of 2006, the violent street politics of May 2010, and the landmark election of 2011 and its aftermath. It shows how in Thailand today, the monarchy, the military, business and new mass movements are players in a complex conflict over the nature and future of the country's democracy.

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Chris Baker was born and raised in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia and currently lives in Austin, Texas. He has also lived in northwest Washington and Columbus, Ohio. He has been published in a wide range of publications and is writing novels again. He also takes acting classes and is a senior green belt in tae kwon do. web site: www.chrisbaker.net Twitter: @cbakerauthor

Pasuk Phongpaichit is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. She has written widely in Thai and English on the Thai economy, sex industry, corruption, illegal economy and inequality.

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