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region: Thailand
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Southeast Asia Digital Library (SEADL)
Database
The Southeast Asia Digital Library (SEADL) a wide variety of materials published or otherwise produced in Southeast Asia. Drawn largely from the collections of universities and scholars in this region, SEADL contains digital facsimiles of books and manuscripts, as well as multimedia materials and searchable indexes of additional Southeast Asian resources. Nations represented in the […]
Borneo, Brunei, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
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Asian newspapers – Thailand
Database
Via PressReader’s collection you can read a number of Asian newspapers and magazines on the day they are published. In the new version PressReader it is possible to set your own account and customize the outlook of PressReader by choosing specific countries, newspapers and topics. You can also set up e-mail alerts. PressReader user guide […]
Read moreHistorical Dictionary of the Indochina War (1945–1954):An International and Interdisciplinary Approach
E-book
Christopher E. Goscha 2011 This first historical dictionary in English of the Indochina War (1945–54) provides the most comprehensive account to date of one of the most important conflicts of the twentieth century. Over 1,600 entries provide in-depth, expert coverage of the Indochina War in all its dimensions. Goscha adopts a path-breaking dual international and […]
Read moreMoney and Power in Provincial Thailand
E-book
Ruth McVey (ed) 2000 Most studies of Southeast Asian economic change have focused on growth in a few big cities with studies of the countryside tending to concern themselves with the social and environmental impact of metropolitan growth. Very few analysts have looked at the middle distance between metropolis and countryside. This is the horizon […]
Read moreThe Thaksinization of Thailand
E-book
Duncan McCargo & Ukrist Pathmanand 2011 The 1997 economic crisis ended two decades of pluralism in Thai politics and helped create the conditions for the landslide election victory in January 2001 of Thaksin Shinawatra, a fabulously wealthy telecommunications magnate often compared with Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi. Prime minister Thaksin has since exercised an extra-ordinary degree […]
Read moreReforming Thai Politics
E-book
Duncan McCargo (ed) 2002 Since 1932, Thai politics has undergone numerous political ‘reforms’, often accompanied by constitutional revisions and shifts in the location of power. Following the events of May 1992, there were strong pressures from certain groups in Thai society for a fundamental overhaul of the political order, culminating in the drafting and promulgation […]
Read moreCivil Society and Democratization: Social Movements in Northeast Thailand
E-book
Somchai Phatharathananunth 2011 This book is for anyone wondering whatever happened to Thailands vanished Marxist insurgents or interested in understanding the forces behind the mass demonstrations of peasants that periodically descend on Bangkok. Specifically, the book investigates the struggle of an important social movement in Thailand, the Small Scale Farmers’ Assembly of Isan (SSFAI), and […]
Read moreMaking Fields of Merit: Buddhist Female Ascetics and Gendered Orders in Thailand
E-book
Monica Lindberg Falk 2007 Religion plays a central role in Thai society with Buddhism intertwined in the daily lives of the people. Religion also plays an important role in establishing gender boundaries. The growth in recent decades of self-governing nunneries and the increasing interest of Thai women in a Buddhist monastic life are notable changes […]
Read moreWomen and Politics in Thailand
E-book
Kazuki Iwanaga 2007 This edited volume, including contributions from some of the leading scholars in the field, addresses the challenges, obstacles and opportunities for increased women’s political representation in Thailand. Will Thai politics be different with an increase in the number of women politicians? What are the possibilities for Thai women to take proactive initiatives […]
Read moreChildbirth and Tradition in Northeast Thailand: Forty Years of Development and Cultural Change
E-book
Anders Poulsen 2006 This beautifully illustrated volume offers a rare study of Isan-Thai customs and belief associated with pregnancy and birth and how they have changed over almost half a century. Using a psychological and socio-therapeutic framework, Anders Poulsen discusses the function of various birth rites while giving an unmatched description of all traditions specifically […]
Childbirth and motherhood, Cultural studies, Development studies, Folklore studies, Lao studies, Religion, Thai studies
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