Month: November 2011
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Traveler’s Companion Thailand, 2nd
A Buddhist kingdom and democracy flourishing under tropical skies, Thailand is unique in all of Asia. It possesses remote hill tribes, extensive national parks, and glittering temples, long sandy beaches, untouched islands ringed with coconut palms. It has holy caves, subterranean Buddhas draped in fairy lights, night markets, honey-scented jasmine, easy transportation, fine food and…
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Thailand : Past and Present
Product Details Hardcover: 123 pages Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books; Edition Not Stated edition (2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0760782636 ISBN-13: 978-0760782637 Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.1 x 0.8 inches Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
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Thailand Business Law Handbook
Thailand Business Law Handbook Product Details Perfect Paperback: 300 pages Publisher: International Business Publications, USA (January 1, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0739786997 ISBN-13: 978-0739786994 Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.2 x 0.8 inches Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
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Kings, Country and Constitutions: Thailand’s Political Development 1932-2000
Provides a detailed analysis of Thailand’s political development since 1932, when Thailand became a constitutional monarchy, until the present. Product Details Hardcover: 296 pages Publisher: Routledge (April 18, 2003) Language: English ISBN-10: 0700714731 ISBN-13: 978-0700714735 Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
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Insight Guides Thailand (Serial)
Product Details Paperback: 333 pages Publisher: Apa Productions (April 1997) Language: English ISBN-10: 0395819326 ISBN-13: 978-0395819326 Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
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Thailand’s Turn: Profile of a New Dragon (Thialand’s Turn)
Despite occasional outbursts of political fireworks, Thailand is moving steadily into the select league of Newly Industrialized Economies. Its struggles for democracy in the face of military ambition and its continuing economic miracle make it the country to watch in Southeast Asia. The authors of Thailand’s Turn conducted extensive research and scores of interviews (culminating…
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Let’s Go 2003: Thailand
For over forty years Let’s Go Travel Guides have brought budget savvy travelers closer to the world and its diverse cultures by providing the most up-to-date information. Product Details Paperback: 480 pages Publisher: Let’s Go Publications (December 1, 2002) Language: English ISBN-10: 0312305966 ISBN-13: 978-0312305963 Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches Shipping Weight:…
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Thailand and Japan’s Southern Advance, 1940-1945
The crises that marked the dramatic expansion of Japanese rule over Asia posed unique problems for Thailand. The only independent country in Southeast Asia, Thailand was clearly too weak to withstand Japan, but, as a sovereign state, it had the great advantage that it could not be “liberated” by the Japanese military in the same…
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State Power & Culture in Thailand (Southeast Asia Studies Monograph Series)
Working far from the centers of power, six anthropologists view Thailand from the peripheries. The contributors bring anthropological insights to bear on questions of state power and integrate understandings of state power into local ethnographic accounts to produce analyses that will be of wide interest in all of the social sciences as well as Asian…
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My village in Thailand
A young boy living near Bangkok describes the daily activities in his village, the special celebrations, and the nearby sights.
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Jai Yen Means Keep A Cool Heart: Life Among The Mountain Tribes Of Thailand
When I moved from that blank space on the map known as Northeast Montana to Thailand in 1963 with a pregnant wife and a three year old daughter, I knew there would be some changes in my life, but I had no idea how great those changes would be and how much the people of…
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Thailand Insight Pocket Guide (Insight Pocket Guides)
This brand new edition Insight Pocket Guide is the ideal companion for your trip to Thailand. Written by a local, it brings you the very best of Thailand in a series of 22 carefully planned itineraries, covering the four main regions; Bangkok and Environs, the North, the Northeast and the South. You can pick the…
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Divided Over Thaksin: Thailand’s Coup and Problematic Transition
Thailand’s political problems attracted international attention when yellow shirted anti-Thaksin protestors closed down Bangkok’s international airports in November 2008; the following April pro-Thaksin red shirts prevented an ASEAN-East Asia Summit, and clashed violently with the army in the streets of Bangkok. Conflict between groups for and against former Prime Minister Thaksin has polarized Thai society.…
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Passport Thailand: Your Pocket Guide to Thai Business, Customs & Etiquette
Comprehensive guide to the culture, etiquette and communication of Thailand. Product Details Paperback: 96 pages Publisher: World Trade Press (May 1, 1997) Language: English ISBN-10: 1885073267 ISBN-13: 978-1885073266 Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.3 inches Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
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Buddhadasa: Theravada Buddhism and Modernist Reform in Thailand
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (1906–1993) is widely regarded as modern Thailand’s most influential Buddhist philosopher. His thought had a profound intellectual impact in Thailand in the second half of the twentieth century. His life mission was to undertake a complete reexamination of Theravada Buddhist teachings. By returning to the Buddha’s original teachings in the Suttapitaka and by…