236 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
234 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
234 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Thailand’s position during the Cold War was ambiguous: the country’s political leadership was very keen to maintain the country’s independence on the world stage, yet at the same time was anxious to establish the country’s credentials as staunchly anti-communist. However, as this book argues, Thailand, though never formally a client state of the United States, was very closely embedded in the... Read more
Introduction 1. ‘A Theatre with Two Stages’: Jim Thompson’s Thailand 2. In and out of Vogue: Dressing for Progress before and after 1945 3. If not ‘Great’, then what? Rethinking Thainess in Post-war Bangkok 4. Cultural Spectacle, Political Authority and the Subversion of Thai modernity 5. The Tourist Organization of Thailand and Cold War Propaganda 6. It’s a Small World After All: Thailand’s Integration into Free World Culture. Conclusion
Biography
Matthew Phillips is a Lecturer in the Department of History and Welsh History at Aberystwyth University, UK
