Month: October 2011
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Plants and People of the Golden Triangle: Ethnobotany of the Hill Tribes of Northern Thailand
For the half million people living in the remote mountains of Northern Thailand, survival is dependent upon the forest. This study, based on extended field research, identifies more than 1,000 plant species, with particular emphasis on medicinal plants and their uses.
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A Special Relationship: The United States and Military Government in Thailand, 1947-1958
Product Details Hardcover: 376 pages Publisher: University of Hawaii Press; 1ST edition (March 1997) Language: English ISBN-10: 0824818180 ISBN-13: 978-0824818180 Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.2 inches Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
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The Muslims of Thailand
Thailand is usually closely associated with Buddhism, but since 1998 the country has been one of the observer members of the Islamic Conference Organization, and senior figures in the present and previous governments have been Muslim. Some 8 percent of the population is Muslim, and in the three southernmost provinces of the country they constitute…
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Woman, Man, Bangkok: Love, Sex, and Popular Culture in Thailand
Scot BarmZ mines a rich lode of previously ignored cultural ephemera found in popular newspapers, magazines, novels, short stories, film booklets, and cartoons to create a vibrant cultural history of early modern Thailand that moves radically beyond conventional, elite-based historical studies of the period. By focusing on such controversies and conflicts as the status of…
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Thailand Foreign Policy and Government Guide
Thailand Foreign Policy and Government Guide (World Oil, Gas and Mining Business Library) Product Details Paperback: 300 pages Publisher: International Business Publications, USA; 3 edition (January 1, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0739783939 ISBN-13: 978-0739783931 Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
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Exploring Thailand (Fodor’s Exploring Thailand)
Fodor’s Exploring Guides are the most up-to-date, full-color guidebooks available. Covering destinations around the world, these guides are loaded with photos, essays on culture and history, descriptions of sights, and practical information. Full-color photos make this a great guide to buy if you’re still planning your itinerary (let the photos help you choose!) and it’s…
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Thailand’s Political History
Fresh insight into Thailand’s history over the 250 years, from the fall of the old capital Ayutthaya in 1767 in the opening scene, to today, with the country’s massive economic expansion. Product Details Paperback: 325 pages Publisher: River Books Press Dist A/C; 1 edition (July 17, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 9749863089 ISBN-13: 978-9749863084 Product Dimensions:…
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The Vegetarian Taste of Thailand
Product Details Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: SLG Books (May 15, 1997) Language: English ISBN-10: 0943389135 ISBN-13: 978-0943389134 Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
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Hell under the Rising Sun
Late in 1940, the young men of the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment stepped off the trucks at Camp Bowie in Brownwood, Texas, ready to complete the training they would need for active duty in World War II. Many of them had grown up together in Jacksboro, Texas, and almost all of them were…
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Fodor’s Thailand, 7th Edition
No matter what your budget or whether it’s your first trip or fifteenth, Fodor’s Gold Guides get you where you want to go. In this completely up-to-date guide our experts who live in Thailand give you the inside track. Color planning sections help you decide where to go, with region-by-region virtual tours and cross-referencing to…
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Buddhist Monk, Buddhist Layman
Most anthropological and sociological studies of Buddhism have concentrated on village and rural Buddhism. This is a systematic anthropological study of monastic organization and monk-layman interaction in a purely urban context in the countries where Theravada Buddhism is practised, namely, Burma, Cambodia, Ceylon, Laos and Thailand. The material presented is based on fieldwork carried out…
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Male Bodies, Women’s Souls
Get a detailed look at the Thai sex/gender system–through analysis of the personal stories from transgendered youth in Thailand The Thai term sao braphet song (a “second type of woman”) describes males who reject the gender of masculinity for femininity. Male Bodies, Women’s Souls: Personal Narratives of Thailand’s Transgendered Youth uses the narrative method, stories…
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Prostitution in Thailand: Myth and Reality
Prostitution in Thailand: Myth & Reality is a comprehensive research work about prostitution in Thailand. The study looks into the historical evolution of female prostitution in Thailand; discusses the social, economic, political, institutional, & ideological factors which underpin the growth of Thai sex-industry in contemporary times; submits an organized presentation of the Thai commercial sex…
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Thailand’s Luxury Spas: Pampering Yourself in Paradise
No other country in the world offers such an incredible range of luxury spa and wellness destinations than Thailand. Thailand’s Luxury Spas takes you inside this alluring world and reveals the best facilities and spa treatments, new trends in relaxation and holistic wellness therapy, plus well-researched information on Thai traditional healing and herbal lore. Thailand’s…
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Islam, Education and Reform in Southern Thailand: Tradition and Transformation
“This is a remarkable piece of scholarship that illuminates general and specific tendencies in Islamic education in South Thailand. Armed with an enormous amount of rich empirical detail and an elegant writing style, the author debunks the simplistic Orientalist conceptions of Wahhabi and Salafi influences on Islamic education in South Thailand. This work will be…