Month: September 2011
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Reinventing Thailand: Thaksin and His Foreign Policy
From 2001 to 2006, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra transformed Thailand’s international role from one of obscurity into a kind of regional hegemon. Thaksin’s diplomatic ambitions were reflected in his myriad of grandiose foreign policy initiatives, designed to locate Thailand at the forefront of regional politics and reinstall the Thai sphere of influence over weaker neighbouring…
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Essential Guide for Living and Retiring in Thailand (Edition)
Product Description Contents “On my arrival in Thailand” – a short story Thailand’s geography Geographical regions • Northern • Northeast • Central • Eastern • Western • Southern The people of Thailand • Festivals • Thai food • Do’s and don’ts • The Thai family • Buddhist temples and monks • Superstitions • Marriages •…
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Disaster Risk Assessment and Mitigation: Arrival of Tsunami Wave in Thailand (CDRM Monograph)
Product Details Paperback: 98 pages Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers (December 1, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0784410127 ISBN-13: 978-0784410127 Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
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Mien Relations: Mountain People and State Control in Thailand
Thailand’s hill tribes have been the object of anthropological research, cultural tourism, and government intervention for a century, in large part because these groups are held to have preserved distinctive ethnic traditions despite their contacts with “modern” culture. Hjorleifur Jonsson rejects the conventional notion that the worlds of traditional peoples are being transformed or undone…
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Endangered Relations: Negotiating Sex and AIDS in Thailand
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HIV and AIDS are having a profound impact on contemporary life in Thailand, generating complex issues with far-reaching implications for both the Thai people and on a global level. AIDS has become an increasingly prominent symbol of modernity in Thailand, yet ways of dealing with AIDS and HIV draw on time-honored understandings of fate and…
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Guns, Girls, Gambling, Ganja: Thailand’s Illegal Economy and Public Policy
Gambling, prostitution, drugs, arms trading, oil smuggling, and trafficking in people – these six illegal businesses are large and getting larger. They distort the economy and victimize people. They are increasingly linked together through networks of protection and organized crime. They help to fund Thailand’s corrosive ‘money politics’ and to sustain corruption in the police.…
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Materializing Thailand (Materializing Culture Series)
Thailand has become well known throughout the world for wonderful cuisine, great package holidays, sumptuous temples and textiles. Noticeably absent from glossy tourist brochures but equally well known throughout the Western world is Thailand’s seedier side – the world of child exploitation, rampant prostitution and AIDS. Thailand maintains its appeal by slipping the ugly and…
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Taste of Thailand (Read-It! Chapter Books)
Product Details Reading level: Ages 4-8 Library Binding: 80 pages Publisher: Picture Window Books (January 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 1404816771 ISBN-13: 978-1404816770 Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
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A Description of the Kingdom of Siam 1690 (Itineraria Asiatica: Thailand)
The writer of this account of Siam in 1690, Engelbert Kaempfer, is not well known today. This is Partly because his account of Siam was not published separately, but appeared as the first chapters of his ‘History of Japan’, first published in 1727 and reprinted in 1906. The value of his account lies in it…
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Peoples of the Golden Triangle: Six Tribes in Thailand
The fascinating area of Southeast Asia known as the Golden Triangle is home to six culturally distinct peoples–the Karen, Hmong, Mien, Lahu, Akha, and Lisu–who struggle in a hostile environment to maintain the integrity of their beliefs, customs, and way of life against all the pressures of the rapidly changing society around them. Paul and…
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The Ambiguous Allure of the West: Traces of the Colonial in Thailand
Product Details Hardcover: 268 pages Publisher: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications (June 30, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0877276072 ISBN-13: 978-0877276074 Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
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Tailandia / Thailand (Spanish Edition)
Product Details Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Anaya Touring Club; 2 edition (March 30, 2010) Language: Spanish ISBN-10: 8499350321 ISBN-13: 978-8499350325 Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
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Moon Handbooks: Thailand (3rd Ed.)
Thailand Handbook covers world-famous attractions such as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok and the pristine beaches in the south, more than a thousand accommodations from budget guesthouses to five-star digs, selective dining from streetside stalls to deluxe enclaves, and nightlife venues from Patpong to the performing arts.
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Culture and Customs of Thailand (Culture and Customs of Asia)
Thailand is revealed as a country of progress and potential, mystery and exoticism, and openness and friendliness. Product Details Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: Greenwood (May 30, 2004) Language: English ISBN-10: 0313321280 ISBN-13: 978-0313321283 Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches Shipping Weight: 1 pounds