Bang Chan: Social History of a Rural Community in Thailand Contributor(s): Sharp, Lauriston (Author), Hanks, Lucien M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 080140858X ISBN-13: 9780801408588 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $53.41 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Rural - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | Asia - Southeast Asia |
Dewey: 301.295 |
LCCN: 77090910 |
Series: Cornell Studies in Anthropology |
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 9" (1.40 lbs) 316 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Bang Chan traces the changing cultural characteristics of a small Siamese village during the century and a quarter from its founding as a wilderness settlement outside Bangkok to its absorption into the urban spread of the Thai capital. Rich in ethnographic detail, the book sums up the major findings of a pioneering interdisciplinary research project that began in 1948. Changes in Bang Chan's social organization, technology, economy, governance, education, and religion are portrayed in the context of local and national developments. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sharp, Lauriston: - The late Lauriston Sharp (1907-1993) was Goldwin Smith Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies at Cornell University. He was the author of Steel Axes for Stone-Age Australians, People Without Politics, and Cultural Continuities and Discontinuities in Southeast Asia and coauthor of Siamese Rice Village.Hanks, Lucien M.: - The late Lucien M. Hanks (1910-1988) was Professor of Psychology and Anthropology at Bennington College. He was coauthor of Rice and Man: Agricultural Ecology in Southeast Asia and Tribes of the North Thailand Frontier. |