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Thailand is a fascinating country with a very rich culture and history. Today, it is home to over 60 million people, and is a newly industrialized nation with an emerging world economy. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of rice, with roughly half of its arable land dedicated to rice fields. As home to one of the earliest iron and bronze cultures, Thailand can be regarded as a "cradle of civilization."

This book is divided into 11 chapters that follow an introduction that explains the text's scope, organization and methodology. A chronology of historical events, biographical entries on key figures, a bibliography, a glossary of terms, and selected maps provide an enlightening, complete view of Thailand's culture and world significance.

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Jim Glassman addresses the role of the state in the industrial transformation of what was, before the economic crisis of 1997-98, one of Southeast Asia's fastest growing economies. Analyzing the Cold War period, the period of the economic boom, as well as the economic crisis and its political aftershock, Thailand at the Margins recasts the story of the Thai state's post-World War II development performance by focusing on uneven industrialization and the interaction between internationalization and the transformation of Thai labor. ... Read more

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In this comparative, interdisciplinary study based on extensive fieldwork as well as historical sources, Janet Sturgeon examines the different trajectories of landscape change and land use among communities who call themselves Akha (known as Hani in China) in contrasting political contexts. She shows how, over the last century, processes of state formation, construction of ethnic identity, and regional security concerns have contributed to very different outcomes for Akha and their forests in China and Thailand, with Chinese Akha functioning as citizens and grain producers, and Akha in Thailand being viewed as "non-Thai" forest destroyers. The modern nation-state grapples with local power hierarchies on the periphery of the nation, with varied outcomes."Citizenship in China" helps Akha better protect a fluid set of livelihood practices that confer benefits on them and their landscape. Denied such citizenship in Thailand, Akha are helpless when forests and other resources are ruthlessly claimed by the state.Drawing on current anthropological debates on the state in Southeast Asia and more generally on debates on property theory, states and minorities, and political ecology, Sturgeon shows how people live in a continuous state of negotiated boundaries - political, social, and ecological.This pioneering comparison of resource access and land use among historically related peoples in two nation-states will be welcomed by scholars of political ecology, environmental anthropology, ethnicity, and politics of state formation in East and Southeast Asia. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Review, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1231 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Border Landscapes: The Politics of Akha Land Use in China and Thailand.(Book review)
Author: Christopher R. Coggins
Publication: The Geographical Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 97Issue: 1Page: 139(4)

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Review, published by American Geographical Society on July 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1226 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Legend Of The Golden Boat: Regulation, Trade and Traders in the Borderlands of Laos, Thailand, China and Burma.(Book Review) (book review)
Author: Richard A. Crooker
Publication: The Geographical Review (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 2002
Publisher: American Geographical Society
Volume: 92Issue: 3Page: 466(3)

Article Type: Book Review

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Review, published by American Geographical Society on January 1, 1993. The length of the article is 5071 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: Since 1987, spurred by foreign investment, economic growth in Thailand has been among the fastest in Asia. Industrialization has been concentrated in Bangkok and its metropolitan region. Among the consequences are pollution and severe traffic congestion that may restrain future growth. Thailand differs from other industrializing countries in that most of its population is still employed in agriculture and overall levels of education are low. This pattern raises questions about the ability of the country to achieve full industrialization.

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Title: Rapid industrialization in Thailand: 1986 - 1991.
Author: Antonia Hussey
Publication: The Geographical Review (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 1993
Publisher: American Geographical Society
Volume: v83Issue: n1Page: p14(15)

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This book applies a sustainable development framework to the planning and managing of an intermediate size city in a developing region of a developing nation, and assesses the potential of such a framework to effectively guide the city's development. It identifies issues and recommends approaches to assist local governments to enhance their capacity, improve their management efficiency, and facilitate a course toward sustainable development. The focus is on the many intermediate size cities emerging in Asia and elsewhere as the nucleus of new urbanization and more efficient urbanization management, instead of on the few primate mega-cities. The entire book studies one city and region from multiple perspectives, allowing multiple comparisons. This reflects the unique composition of the book's contributors, representing fifteen disciplines, four universities, and three countries. The book is intended for those interested in applications of sustainability to the management of urban growth and development at the local level, including development professionals, elected officials, academic researchers and teachers, and university students. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, published by Lynne Rienner Publishers on October 1, 2008. The length of the article is 12121 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Indeterminate Geographies of political violence in southern Thailand.
Author: Carlo Bonura
Publication: Alternatives: Global, Local, Political (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2008
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Volume: 33Issue: 4Page: 383(30)

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Journal, published by Royal Geographical Society on September 1, 2000. The length of the article is 419 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Swidden Farming and Fallow Vegetation in Northern Thailand.(Review)(Brief Article)
Author: Jefferson Fox
Publication: The Geographical Journal (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 2000
Publisher: Royal Geographical Society
Volume: 166Issue: 3Page: 271

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