252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
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Thailand is exceptional among modern states in Asia in that it has built and retained a national culture around a traditional monarchical institution. Moreover, this culture has also been based on a dominant religious tradition, that of Theravada Buddhism. The process of creating the modern nation-state of Thailand out of the traditional Buddhist kingdom of Siam began in the nineteenth century... Read more
Prologue -- The Land and the People -- The Legacy of Tradition -- Formation of the Thai Nation-State -- Military Politics in Thailand -- The Thai Polity After the 1973 Revolution -- Social Organization Within the Thai Nation-State -- The Thai Economy and Change in Rural and Urban Society -- Cultural Ferment in a Changing World -- Epilogue -- Appendix A -- Appendix B
Biography
Charles F. Keyes, professor and chairman of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington, Seattle, has conducted research in Thailand over the past twenty years. He is the author or editor of numerous publications, including The Golden Peninsula: Culture and Adaptation in Mainland Southeast Asia.
