Thailand, Economy and PoliticsThe original edition of this book, published in 1995, was the first full-length of Thailand's modern economy and politics. This edition is a major revision, incorporating recent research, and bringing the account up to the start of the new millennium. The focus is on recent decades, set in a deeper historical context of Siam in the Bangkok era. |
Contents
The Rice Frontier | 3 |
King Paddy | 15 |
The Decline of Forced Labour | 24 |
Copyright | |
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activists agricultural areas army Assembly Ayutthaya baht Bangkok Bank became Buddhist Bunnag bureaucrats businessmen Cabinet capital cent central centre century Chaophraya Chat Thai Chatichai Chavalit China Chinese Chulalongkorn Chulalongkorn University communist corvée coup crisis demand Democrats domestic dominated early election enterprises entrepreneurs expanded export finance firms force foreign forest frontier growth import increased industry insurgency investment Japanese King labour land late leaders luk thung Mahatthai major merchants military million baht Ministry monks movement NGOs north-east north-eastern officials organization paddy Parliament party peasant peasantry Phibun political politicians Prem Pridi promoted protest provincial reform region revenue rice role royal royalist rulers rural Sangha Santi Asoke Sarit sector Seri Thai Siam Siamese social society strategy tax farmers tax farms textile Thai Rak Thai Thailand tion trade uplands Vajiravudh village Village Scouts work-force workers
References to this book
The Thai Economy: Uneven Development and Internationalisation Chris J. Dixon No preview available - 1999 |
Democracy, Development and Decentralization in Provincial Thailand Daniel Arghiros Limited preview - 2001 |