Drawing from Thai history, cultural studies, Buddhist religion, and yogic practices, as well as a modern understanding of anatomy and physiology, this book finally bridges the gap between the theory and practice of Thai massage.
Author: C. Pierce Salguero
Paperback:
250 pages
Company: Findhorn Press
(2004-10-01)
ISBN: 1844090299 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $15.35 Used Price: $15.55
The horror of slavery, says Kevin Bales, is "not confined to history." It is not only possible that slave labor is responsible for the shoes on your feet or your daily consumption of sugar, he writes, the products of forced labor filter even more quietly into a broad portion of daily Western life. "They made the bricks for the factory that made the TV you watch. In Brazil slaves made the charcoal that tempered the steel that made the springs in your car and the blade on your lawnmower.... Slaves keep your costs low and returns on your investments high."
The exhaustive research in Disposable People shows that at least 27 million people are currently enslaved around the world. Bales, considered the world's leading expert on contemporary slavery, reveals the historical and economic conditions behind this resurgence. From Thailand, Mauritania, Brazil, Pakistan, and India, Bales has gathered stories of people in unthinkable conditions, kept in bondage to support their owners' lives. Bales insists that even a small effort from a large number of people could end slavery, and devotes a large chapter to explaining the practical means by which this might be accomplished. "Are we willing to live in a world with slaves?" he asks. As a sign of his commitment, all his royalties from Disposable People will go toward the fight against slavery. --Maria Dolan
Author: Kevin Bales
Paperback:
298 pages
Company: University of California Press
(1999-09-28)
ISBN: 0520224639 List Price: $17.95 Amazon Price: $10.99 Used Price: $4.95
Known for its beautiful traditional and contemporary handicrafts, it's no wonder that Thailand is home to some of the most beautifully decorated houses in the world. Elegant, innovative and versatile, Contemporary Thai is overflowing with an amazing array of design ideas. From modernist furniture, table settings, light fixtures and furnishings combining old traditions with new styles, Contemporary Thai is the perfect book for anyone looking to add a distinctive touch to their home decor.
Author: Wongvipa Devahastin Na Ayudhya, Jane Doughty Marsden, Luca Invernizzi Tettoni
Paperback:
144 pages
Company: Periplus Editions
(2007-03-15)
ISBN: 0794604765 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $11.88 Used Price: $6.90
This book contains essential information for anyone contemplating buying or leasing land and building a house in Thailand. It is meticulously researched and draws on expert legal and construction information from Thailand, America, Europe and Australia. Concepts, techniques and instructions are explained in simple, clear, and easy to understand language. How to Buy Land and Build a House in Thailand helps you... protect your investment by learning about foreigner ownership and lease options, land titles, contracts, taxes, permits and lawyers; save money by following useful tips about transferring money to Thailand, delivery of building supplies, deposits and special order items, temporary housing for workers; learn how to choose the best architect, builder and project manager for your needs; find out what you can afford and visualize what you want before you pay anyone anything; learn useful Thai, land and building words and phrases; avoid communication problems and enjoy your building experience; follow essential checklists of important must check items every step of the way; eliminate the guess work from building project management; build a house that is well made, structurally sound, nicely finished with no weird smells from the plumbing or unsafe electrical installations. How to Buy Land and Build a House in Thailand follows the construction of the author's 220 sq. meter house in Ko Phangan, Thailand with over 100 photographs, 2D and 3D drawings and 700 English-Thai words and phrases. This book is your ultimate resource for "buying" land and building a house in Thailand.
Author: Philip Bryce
Paperback:
257 pages
Company: Paiboon Publishing
(2006-09-09)
ISBN: 1887521712 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $12.29 Used Price: $12.13
This practical and highly illustrated introduction to the principles and techniques of Thai massage discusses the theories of Thai medicine and its Chinese and Ayurvedic influences. It offers clear and easy-to-follow descriptions for all Thai massage techniques accompanied by full color photographs and drawings, with arrows to indicate direction of movement. Basic explanations describe how massage therapists can use elements of these techniques and apply them immediately in their own practice. The book includes a DVD with 45 minutes of video showing techniques and routines in real time, to demonstrate appropriate pacing.
Gives clear and easy-to-follow descriptions for each technique.
Techniques can be used alone, in conjunction with other forms of massage, or to facilitate Yoga and other meditation practices.
Clinically valuable and practical explanations of how to use elements of the procedures make it easy for therapists to enrich their practice with these techniques -- whether applying all of the methods, or starting with stretches alone.
Features an icon throughout the text that calls attention to precautions therapists must be aware of for safe and effective sessions.
Includes a 45-minute DVD presenting video of techniques and routines in real time, to demonstrate proper pacing.
Photographs, drawings, and illustrations of techniques are now in full color, for greater clarity of concepts.
More historical background provides a deeper understanding of this ancient medical art.
An accompanying DVD offers a 45-minute video of a Thai massage session in real time - demonstrating procedures with proper pacing. The visual approach along with its step-by-step narration helps viewers understand how the concepts discussed in the book translate to actual practice. The book also includes DVD icons that indicate which techniques are demonstrated on the DVD.
Increased coverage of body mechanics helps readers understand the difference between correct and incorrect technique.
Legends below the photographs provide specific information on the muscles being pressed or stretched with each technique to help therapists understand how this art of Asian healing corresponds to Western anatomy. A new Muscle Atlas appendix helps to further identify muscles mentioned in these legends.
A new chapter, Correlations to Yoga, outlines the correlations between specific Thai massage procedures and yoga postures to help therapists incorporate Yoga into their practices.
A new chapter, Suggested Sequences, provides guidelines for 60-, 90-, and 120-minute sessions - taking the guesswork out of planning Thai massage sessions.
Author: Richard Gold
Paperback:
240 pages
Company: Mosby
(2006-10-11)
ISBN: 0323041388 List Price: $37.95 Amazon Price: $27.14 Used Price: $33.89
From the glittering chedis of Bangkok's Grand Palace to the rustic simplicity of village dwellings, Thailand offers a rich diversity of art, architecture and design. Classic Thai seeks to define the unique characteristics of Thai style, be it through the country's rich arts and crafts tradition, in its plentiful temples and palaces, or in a contemporary home. Photographed entirely on location, Classic Thai is an indispensable guide to the wonders of Thailand.
Author: Chamsai Jotisalikorn, Phuthorn Bhumadhon, Luca Invernizzi Tettoni, Virginia McKeen Di Crocco
Paperback:
240 pages
Company: Periplus Editions
(2007-03-15)
ISBN: 0794604668 List Price: $34.95 Amazon Price: $22.57 Used Price: $14.75
Healing by Heart is a book of stories--stories of people's search for culturally responsive health care from U.S. providers. It offers resources to providers and institutions committed to delivering culturally responsive health care, paying special attention to building successful relationships with traditional Hmong patients and families. It makes available extensive information about the health-related beliefs, practices, and values of the Hmong people, including photographs of traditional healing methods.
Ranging in age from young infants to older adults, the patients in the stories present a wide range of health problems. The clinicians are from family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, surgery, obstetrics-gynecology, psychiatry/psychology, and hospice.
Each of the fourteen case stories is accompanied by discussion questions as well as two or three commentaries. The commentaries--written by patients, family members, shaman, Western clinicians (including Hmong physicians, nurses, and social workers), medical anthropologists, health care ethicists, social workers, psychologists, and clergy--are rich in personal reflections on cross-cultural health care experiences. Readers are rewarded with a combination of perspectives, including those of Hmong authors who have not previously published in English and scholars with years of professional experience working with the Hmong in Laos, Thailand, and the United States.
The editors offer a model for delivering culturally responsive health care with special attention to matters of cross-cultural health care ethics. The model identifies questions health care providers can focus on as they seek to understand the health-related moral commitments and practices prevalent in the cultural groups they serve, ethical questions that arise frequently and with great poignancy in cross-cultural health care relationships, and points to consider when a patient's treatment wish challenges the provider's professional integrity.
By sharing stories of suffering, confusion, and success, Healing by Heart couples an accessible method of learning about others with concrete recommendations about how to enhance cross-cultural health care relationships.
Paperback:
368 pages
Company: Vanderbilt University Press
(2003-09)
ISBN: 0826514316 List Price: $34.95 Amazon Price: $19.24 Used Price: $30.00
With more than 500 ravishing full-color photographs, Asian Style Hotels brings you to the best hotels in Southeast Asia. The super-deluxe establishments included here are all at the cutting-edge of hotel design and management. Each property has been hand-picked according to a set of criteria that includes a strong design aesthetic, architectural integrity, and a sense of individuality a million miles away from the cookie-cutter approach of chain hotels. Asian Style Hotels is the definitive guide to Southeast Asia's finest places to stay.
Author: Kim Inglis, Jacob Termansen, Pia Marie Molbech
Paperback:
240 pages
Company: Periplus Editions
(2005-09-15)
ISBN: 0794601723 List Price: $30.00 Amazon Price: $12.98 Used Price: $9.95
A detailed, profusely illustrated survey of Thai architecture with its many styles and forms.
Thailand's architecture comes alive in this magnificently illustrated volume, the most comprehensive book on the subject yet published, exploring every genre from houses and farm huts to temples, palaces, and modern buildings. It is the first major book to focus on the myriad elements that make Thai architecture so rich in beauty and meaning. With hundreds of images by leading photographers, this is an accessible, inspirational source book for designers, architects, and everyone interested in Southeast Asian culture.
The book is a collaboration between leading architect Nithi Sthapitanonda, who did the drawings, photographs, and research support, and writer Brian Mertens, who did the writing, main research, and many photos. 800+ illustrations in color and black and white.
Author: Nithi Sthapitanonda, Brian Mertens
Hardcover:
256 pages
Company: Thames & Hudson
(2006-05-29)
ISBN: 0500342237 List Price: $60.00 Amazon Price: $37.16 Used Price: $34.74
Author: Henry Holmes, Suchada Tangtongtavy
Paperback:
158 pages
Company: White Lotus Co Ltd
(1997-05)
ISBN: 9748496503 List Price: $19.50 Amazon Price: $25.94 Used Price: $7.38
Illustrated throughout with attractive photography and diagrams, this book provides an overview of the spiritual practices of Thailand, with particular emphasis on healing rituals and meditations that can be practiced in the modern West.
Author: C. Pierce Salguero
Paperback:
144 pages
Company: Findhorn Press
(2006-04-01)
ISBN: 1844090728 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $12.25 Used Price: $13.08
Today it is not uncommon to find items in department stores that are hand-crafted in countries like Thailand and Costa Rica. These "traditional" crafts now make up an important part of a global market. They support local and sometimes national economies and help create and solidify cultural identity. But these crafts are not necessarily indigenous. Whereas Thailand markets crafts with a long history and cultural legacy, Costa Rica has created a local handicraft tradition where none was known to exist previously.
In Global Markets and Local Crafts, Frederick F. Wherry compares the handicraft industries of Thailand and Costa Rica to show how local cultural industries break into global markets and, conversely, how global markets affect the ways in which artisans understand, adapt, and utilize their cultural traditions. Wherry develops a new framework for studying globalization by considering the phenomenon from the perspective of the supplier instead of the market. Drawing from interviews and extensive fieldwork shadowing artisans and exporters in their daily dealings, Wherry offers a rare account of globalization in motion -- and what happens when market negotiations do not proceed as planned.
Considering economic and political forces, flows of people and materials, and frames that define cultural and market situations as they play out in the artisan communities of these two countries, Wherry uncovers how authentic folk tradition is capitalized or created.
Author: Frederick F. Wherry
Hardcover:
208 pages
Company: The Johns Hopkins University Press
(2008-01-23)
ISBN: 0801887941 List Price: $55.00 Amazon Price: $52.97 Used Price: $58.59
Author: USA International Business Publications
Paperback:
300 pages
Company: Intl Business Pubns USA
(2008-03-03)
ISBN: 1433068486 List Price: $99.95 Amazon Price: $99.95
The first overview of the tradition, including the origins and modern practice. A broad-brush history from the 3rd millennium BC to the present day, including contemporary practice of this fascinating art. The culmination of 8 years of field study and academic research on traditional Thai Medicine, this book traces a rich cultural heritage from its origins in Buddhism, animism and Ayurveda to the formation of a unique syncretic healing tradition which continues to be practiced today in both rural and urban Thailand. Thai medicine has been influenced by Vedic India, Khmer mysticism, Chinese medical theory and the indigenous beliefs in spirits and ghosts, a fascinating time capsule of practices and beliefs from many historical eras.
Author: C. Pierce Salguero
Paperback:
142 pages
Company: Hohm Press
(2007-07-15)
ISBN: 1890772674 List Price: $14.95 Amazon Price: $8.25 Used Price: $7.49
From its early beginnings as a 5th-century Lawa walled city through the recent boom in residential and commercial design, the temple-studded city of Chiang Mai has become an inspiration for architects and designers. Nestled in a mountain valley in Thailand’s far north, Chiang Mai has long been a haven for artists and artisans who have taken inspiration from Burmese, Chinese, northern Thai, Shan, Thai Lu, hill-tribe and European sources, then fused them into a uniquely Chiang Mai art and culture. This cross-fertilisation of ideas owes much to the city’s history as a vital midway point for mule caravan routes between China and the Gulf of Martaban; even with the demise of the caravan trade it has remained a major supplier of arts and crafts to the world.
Today, the city’s historic uniqueness of style merges with post-modernism and functionalism to respond to contemporary urban needs while maintaining a distinctly ‘Chiang Mai’ identity. With more than 300 stunning colour photographs and clear, concise text, Chiang Mai Style captures the essence of the city's eclectic yet distinctive architectural style. This book celebrates the architecture, interiors and crafts of Thailand’s second largest city. From the vernacular architecture of the traditional Lanna style to chic residences to luxurious hotels and spas, the essence of this fascinating city is revealed.
Author: Joe Cummings
Hardcover:
232 pages
Company: Marshall Cavendish Editions
(2005-12-01)
ISBN: 9812328319 List Price: $49.00 Amazon Price: $33.95 Used Price: $21.55
The Honda Collection is one of the finest private collections of South-East Asian ceramics ever assembled, including over 350 pieces that span some 4,000 years from the Neolithic period to the seventeenth century. This English edition of the collection catalogue includes over 300 illustrations, many in full colork, and an informative introduction.
Author: Hiromu Honda, Noriki Shimazu
Hardcover:
284 pages
Company: Oxford University Press, USA
(1997-05-29)
ISBN: 9835600201 List Price: $170.00 Amazon Price: Used Price: $85.00
The link between trade and the environment has focused on two broad issues: how changing trade regimes have affected the environment and how stricter environmental regulations have affected trade. The answers are of particular importance to developing and transition countries where the relationship between trade and the environment has a major impact.
This unique book, based on eleven case studies undertaken by research institutes in developing countries with the support of UNCTAD and UNDP, provides detailed empirical evidence from Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, Malaysia, The Philippines, Poland, Thailand, Turkey and Zimbabwe. The central questions addressed are:
Has the international program of trade liberalization affected the environment negatively?
Are stricter environmental regulations in both developed and developing countries having an effect on exports and imports and how can these effects be addressed?
What impacts, if any, result from differences in environmental standards between richer and poorer countries?
What impacts have multilateral environmental agreements had on trade flows between developed and developing countries
What impacts are firms' voluntary measures to protect the environment having on the export flows from developing and transition countries?
The book provides a wealth of information and shows a wide difference of outcomes from country to country, allowing the authors to draw an interesting set of conclusions. It will be useful for students and researchers in environmental and international economics and will be essential reading for policymakers in government and non-governmental organizations.
Author: Veena Jha, Anil Markandya, Rene Vossenaar
Hardcover:
384 pages
Company: Edward Elgar Pub
(1999-11-01)
ISBN: 1840640723 List Price: $150.00 Amazon Price: $150.00 Used Price: $121.28
Commercial sex is the occupation of a significant portion of the women of the world, providing economic support for millions of people and their families. Working at the Bar is the first-ever, long-term, longitudinal, in-depth study of a large sex work industry--and Thailand, the most prominent nation in the rapidly growing sex tourism industry, makes for an excellent case study. While previous works have provided brief glimpses of one group of workers studied from a particular point of view, author Thomas Steinfatt examines considerations of health, behavior, economics, morality, religion, and worker safety. The result of data gathered from thousands of workers and customers in Thailand over a period of twelve years, Working at the Bar covers all aspects of an industry that, although it does not conform to various Western ideals, is nevertheless enormously significant. Among the most provocative of Steinfatt's arguments is that sex work is not itself immoral, and that far from being the exploitation industry we might imagine, sex work in Thailand is beneficial to everyone involved--especially given that education in this nation has proven not to be a viable alternative. Providing an opportunity for economic progress unavailable through other means, and providing working conditions far safer than those of the average Thai factory, sex work is ripe for a study that explores all aspects and perceptions associated with it. Working at the Bar is that long overdue study.
Author: Thomas M. Steinfatt
Paperback:
448 pages
Company: Ablex Publishing
(2002-01-30)
ISBN: 1567505678 List Price: $36.95 Amazon Price: $32.00 Used Price: $28.80
Bangkok is one of Asia's most interesting, varied, controversial and challenging cities. This unique book examines the development of the city from its earliest days as the seat of the Thai monarchy to its current position as the most infamous contemporary metropolis in Southeast Asia. Adopting insights from cultural history, urban studies and human geography, the book is a powerful and multi-faceted account of the real Bangkok. The author examines the city's variety from the inner-city slums to the rural-urban fringe and gives us a keen insight into the daily life of the city's inhabitants, be they middle-class suburbanites or sex workers. Engagingly written and rich in detail, this is the definitive account of the Thai capital.
Author: Marc Askew
Paperback:
320 pages
Company: Routledge
(2002-08-02)
ISBN: 0415188547 List Price: $53.95 Amazon Price: $44.10 Used Price: $15.00
That special style that defines a culture is born of many elements. Thai style, so vividly revealed in its architecture and interiors, is the product of a distinctive landscape, a skillful use of varied influences, and a history unique among the peoples of Southeast Asia. It is a style that can be found in rustic country homes or chic Bangkok residences elegantly furnished with antiques and family heirlooms. It may be reflected in a number of unique and historic houses which preserve the best of the past, in unmistakably contemporary interiors where old and new sit comfortably side by side, in traditional structures revamped for modern living, and in lush tropical garden settings and seaside resorts.
The over 370 color photographs by Luca Invernizzi Tettoni present a luminous vision of this distinctive style. A concise introduction by author William Warren places Thai design in context and adds another dimension to our understanding of Thai culture. It is followed by a photographic essay which isolates elements of Thai style, from traditional objects and art forms to handicrafts and street art.
Architecture and interiors are treated in four chapters--Traditions, Traditions Adapted, Foreign Influences and Tropical Modern. Useful measured drawings are featured in the Architectural Notebook, a final section.
Author: William Warren
Hardcover:
232 pages
Company: Rizzoli International Publications
(1990-11-15)
(1990-11-15)
ISBN: 0847810437 List Price: $50.00 Amazon Price: $29.94 Used Price: $5.99
Thailand holds a special place in the minds of the world's nature-lovers as a paradise of splendid tropical forests, untrammeled ocean beaches, and spectacular underwater coral grottos. Nature travellers to Thailand want to experience these stunning habitats and catch glimpses of exotic wildlife-gibbons and elephants, hornbills and storks, gliding lizards and cobras, brightly colored reef fishes and marine invertebrates. In this book is all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about Thailand's magnificent animal and plant life.
*Identifying and location information on the most frequently seen animals.
*Full-color illustrations of nearly 600 of Thailand's most common insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and coral fish.
*Up-to-date information on the ecology, behavior, and conservation of the animals.
*Information on Thailand's habitats and on the most common plants you will encounter.
*Brief descriptions of Thailand's most frequently visited parks and reserves.
Easy-to-carry, entertainingly written, beautifully illustrated - you will want to have this book as constant companion on your journey.
Author: David L. Pearson, Les Beletsky
Paperback:
472 pages
Company: Interlink Publishing Group
(2008-05)
ISBN: 1566566940 List Price: $29.95 Amazon Price: $21.86
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.
Hardcover:
356 pages
Company: Springer
(2002-10-31)
ISBN: 140200818X List Price: $143.00 Amazon Price: $143.00 Used Price: $79.92
The 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.
Author: Phongpaichit Pasuk, Chris Baker
Paperback:
520 pages
Company: Oxford University Press, USA
(2002-08-29)
ISBN: 983560066X List Price: $35.00 Amazon Price: $31.65 Used Price: $23.46
Whether you travel for business, pleasure, or a combination of the two, the ever-popular "Culture Shock!" series belongs in your backpack or briefcase. Get the nuts-and-bolts information you need to survive and thrive wherever you go. "Culture Shock!" country guides are easy-to-read, accurate, and entertaining crash courses in local customs and etiquette. "Culture Shock!" practical guides offer the inside information you need whether you're a student, a parent, a globetrotter, or a working traveler. "Culture Shock!" at your Door guides equip you for daily life in some of the world's most cosmopolitan cities. And "Culture Shock!" Success Secrets guides offer relevant, practical information with the real-life insights and cultural know-how that can make the difference between business success and failure.
Each "Culture Shock!" title is written by someone who's lived and worked in the country, and each book is packed with practical, accurate, and enjoyable information to help you find your way and feel at home.
Author: Bea Toews, Robert McGregor
Paperback: Company: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company
(2000-10-05)
ISBN: 1558685413 List Price: $13.95 Amazon Price: $11.86 Used Price: $8.00
This new book covers the 388th TFW; a Composite Wing based at Korat RTAFB, Thailand, consisting of fighters, Wild Weasel aircraft, airborne jamming aircraft and AWACS aircraft. The author flew 133 combat missions in Southeast Asia in 1972, and was assigned to the 469th TFS, one of the two F-4E squadrons of the 388th TFW. The book discusses in detail the Wing, the Squadrons and the aircraft they flew: the F-4. F-105G Wild Weasel, A-7D, EB-66, EC-121, and C-130. Also covered are the mission types, as well as operations of the Wing during the Linebacker Campaign over North Vietnam. Narratives of all the 388th MiG kills and aircraft losses during 1972 are included. The book contains over 170 color and black and white photographs taken by the author, as well as theatre maps. A selection of official and unofficial flight suit patches is also included. Don Logan is also the author of Rockwell B-1B: SAC's Last Bomber, and Northrop's T-38 Talon: A Pictorial History(both titles are available from Schiffer Publishing Ltd.).
Author: Don Logan
Hardcover:
128 pages
Company: Schiffer Publishing
(1997-10)
ISBN: 0887407986 List Price: $29.95 Amazon Price: $24.95 Used Price: $24.00
This is a powerful feminist critique of the 'Western' concept of development. It is also an attempt to rediscover and rehabilitate traditional indigenous knowledge as an important basis for empowering women and re-establishing the foundation of reciprocity in North-South dialogue. The author looks at the wreckage "progress" has wreaked on the lives of Thai sex workers and of indigenous peoples globally and contrasts this with a portrait - in words and pictures - of her own "undeveloped" mother, 'gardener, agriculturalist, cook, entertainer, tool and toy inventor and maker, traditional doctor, resources manager, energy conservationist, food scientist, home economist, sustainable developer, ecologist and environmentalist'. In exploring the possibilities for an appropriate development path, Sinith Sittirak applies the framework of a political economy of development which acknowledges the politics of identity and difference. Central to her framework is the recognition that 'development' is part of that universalizing process which imposes sameness by speaking for or naming the 'Other' and by excluding difference.
This is a book dealing with the big questions about development: · What is development? · Can Third World countries ever hope to 'catch up'? · Can a development path be found that avoids indefinite impoverishment on the one hand, and environmental destruction on the other? · What is the relationship, if any, between economic growth and political development? · Can a country that has failed hitherto create for itself a second chance? In their wide-ranging and insightful exploration, the authors take as their main examples two contrasting countries: Ghana, the first African colony to win independence, but which plunged into a downward spiral of economic decay; and Thailand, which was poorer than West Africa in the 1950s, but which went on to achieve decades of extraordinarily rapid economic growth, albeit at considerable environmental and human cost. Intensely readable, this thought-provoking and courageous book brings the big questions about development to a wide audience of college students and interested readers.
Author: Scott Thompson, Nicholas Thompson
Paperback:
224 pages
Company: Zed Books
(2001-01-06)
ISBN: 1856498107 List Price: $27.95 Amazon Price: $26.49 Used Price: $3.38
Unlike its Southeast Asian neighbors, Thailand was never colonized by an imperial power. However, Siam (as Thailand was called until 1939) shared a great deal in common with both colonized states and imperial powers: its sovereignty was qualified by imperial nations while domestically its leaders pursued European colonial strategies of juridical control in the Muslim south. The creation of family law and courts in that region and in Siam proper most clearly manifests Siam's dualistic position.
Demonstrating the centrality of gender relations, law, and Siam's Malay Muslims to the history of modern Thailand, Subject Siam examines the structures and social history of jurisprudence to gain insight into Siam's unique position within Southeast Asian history. Tamara Loos elaborates on the processes of modernity through an in-depth study of hundreds of court cases involving polygyny, marriage, divorce, rape, and inheritance adjudicated between the 1850s and 1930s. Most important, this study of Siam offers a novel approach to the question of modernity precisely because Siam was not colonized yet was subject to transnational discourses and symbols of modernity. In Siam, Loos finds, the language of modernity was not associated with a foreign, colonial overlord, so it could be deployed both by elites who favored continuation of existing domestic hierarchies and by those advocating political and social change.
Author: Tamara Loos
Hardcover:
240 pages
Company: Cornell University Press
(2006-01-05)
ISBN: 0801443938 List Price: $39.95 Amazon Price: $39.95 Used Price: $39.93
Modern architecture is a creation of the West. In a non-Western context, it normally reflects a direct intervention of Western powers through colonization. Thailand, formerly known as Siam, is an exception. Thai people have argued that they adopted and assimilated modern architecture into their unique cultural tradition without being physically colonized.
The shift toward Western culture and Modernity is evident in 19th and 20th century Thai architecture, particularly in the capitol city of Bangkok. Major public buildings signify the country's domestic political circumstances, its Westernization and Modernization processes, in addition to the discourse of colonialism and anti-colonialism. Many of the best-known works resulted in hybrids between European and Siamese design characteristics. They hold more importance than simply stylistic developments, and in essence show a manifestation of social and political awareness, as well as national and cultural identity known as Thainess or khwampenthai.
This dissertation examines the evolution of Western and Modern architecture in Siam and Thailand. It illustrates how various architectural ideas have contributed to the physical design and spatial configuration of places associated with negotiation and allocation of political power, which are throne halls, parliaments, and government and civic structures since the 1850s. In order to advance multi-cultural and cross-cultural studies, the buildings are investigated for their social, political, economic and cultural signification, considering the issues of cultural borrowing, appropriation and transformation, national and cultural identity, socio-political authority, as well as the native's resistance and reconciliation to the process of colonization.
Author: Koompong Noobanjong
Paperback:
448 pages
Company: Dissertation.com
(2003-10)
ISBN: 1581122012 List Price: $35.95 Amazon Price: $35.95 Used Price: $32.55
Bangkok, the "City of Angels," challenges our perceptions of what a city is, or should be. A barely stable setting for its 12 million inhabitants, its rapid growth and transformation defies traditional ideas of urban organization. Yet, in spite of its chaotic state, Bangkok presents moments of arresting beauty. Barry Bell uses the tangible artifacts of the city, its topography, streets and monuments, as ve-hicles for speculating on Bangkok and its central mythologies.
Author: Barry Bell
Paperback:
224 pages
Company: Reaktion Books
(2003-07-15)
ISBN: 1861891571 List Price: $32.00 Amazon Price: $11.98 Used Price: $7.99
In the immediate aftermath of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, several countries went through political transformations. Indonesia, South Korea, and Thailand all underwent political reform and democratization. Malaysia, although also hit by the financial crisis, remained authoritarian. Is there a connection between economic crises and political change? Once the crisis abates do changes stick? Why did political reform happen in some places and not in Malaysia? Several factors are useful in explaining the variation in political transitions: IMF involvement, popular protests, the nature of political opposition, and elite alliances at the highest levels of government all help determine the success or failure of democratization efforts.
Author: Amy L. Freedman
Hardcover:
208 pages
Company: Palgrave Macmillan
(2006-11-14)
(2006-11-14)
ISBN: 1403968578 List Price: $65.00 Amazon Price: $52.30 Used Price: $35.00
Rent-seeking is about buying influence, which can range from lobbying to corruption. The concepts of rents and rent-seeking are central to any discussion of the processes of economic development. Yet conventional models of rent-seeking are unable to explain how it can drive decades of rapid growth in some countries, and at other times be associated with spectacular economic crises. This book argues that the rent-seeking framework has to be radically extended if it is to explain the anomalous role played by rent-seeking in Asian countries.
Hardcover:
352 pages
Company: Cambridge University Press
(2000-12-26)
ISBN: 052178302X List Price: $80.00 Amazon Price: $185.00
Cox, a reporter for the Boston Herald, traveled into the Shan State, the lawless region of northern Myanmar (or Burma) that produces much of the world's opium, to interview Khun Sa, the drug warlord who built himself a jungle empire on drug profits and who styled himself a Shan freedom-fighter. Khun Sa, who has since "retired" and lives in Yangon (formerly Rangoon), is a complex character. This account of bearding the devil in his lair combines thorough research, high adventure, and prose pungent with the odor of poppies blooming on remote mountainsides.
Author: Christopher R. Cox
Paperback:
352 pages
Company: Owl Books
(1997-09-15)
ISBN: 080505507X List Price: $12.95 Amazon Price: Used Price: $1.67
Momentous developments in the global economy over the last two decades have dramatically increased the availability of industrial investment sites and lowered the cost of relocating core activities to new countries. But how should these developments be exploited for competitive advantage? Firms face competing pressures: scale economies and the advantages of proximity push them to concentrate activities in one or only a few locations, while low wages and new markets invite dispersal across several countries.
This book examines how location decisions have contributed to the global dominance of U.S. firms in the hard disk drive industry. In analyzing the industry since its beginnings some forty years ago, the book explains how American leadership in disk drives has rested on the formation of two complementary industrial clusters. Fundamental research and product development has been located almost entirely in the United States, principally California. Manufacturing has been concentrated in Southeast Asia (initially in Singapore and later in Thailand and Malaysia as well). This duality has proven key to the successful competitive position of the U.S. disk drive industry.
Beyond the particulars of the disk drive industry, the authors present new perspectives on the sources of industrial leadership, the strategic behavior of multinational corporations, the geographic evolution of industry, and the creation and endurance of industrial clusters. Managers will gain insight into how location decisions can contribute to organizational effectiveness, and will learn that globalizing production, while keeping innovative activities at home, can contribute to their firms’ competitive advantage. Policy makers will find that first mover advantages may be as important for countries as for companies, since early and systematic efforts to attract a specific industry can generate a critical mass of investments that, over time, will make a location resistant to inducements offered by other countries.
Author: David McKendrick, Richard Doner, Stephan Haggard
Paperback:
372 pages
Company: Stanford Business Books
(2000-12-01)
(2000-11-30)
ISBN: 0804741832 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $8.98 Used Price: $0.39
This book examines the recent rapid economic expansion in Thailand, and in Southeast Asia more generally. In a highly original argument, Unger considers the unique organization of Thai society, and the impact this has had on the country's institutions, and their political and economic outcomes. Unger takes an interdisciplinary approach, building on the literatures of social capital and embedded autonomy. The book's general, comparative discussion of social infrastructure is supplemented by case studies of specific sectors.
Author: Danny Unger
Paperback:
242 pages
Company: Cambridge University Press
(1998-09-28)
ISBN: 052163931X List Price: $26.99 Amazon Price: $3.49 Used Price: $3.49
This book offers wide-ranging insights into the organizing capacities of workers in Asia today. Nine case studies examine workers' responses to class relations through independent unions, non-government organizations (NGOs) and more (dis)organized struggles.
Author: Jane Hutchison
Paperback:
208 pages
Company: Routledge
(2001-05-04)
ISBN: 0415250609 List Price: $47.95 Amazon Price: $35.20 Used Price: $22.99
Wild Thailand is the fifth volume in a series celebrating the earth's great wilderness areas, illustrated by one of the world's leading natural history photographers. Like its companion volumes on Indonesia, India, Malaysia, and New Zealand, it is richly illustrated with over 400 full-color photographs. Chapters focus on each area of the country in turn, with an emphasis on environmental threats and conservation programs.
Thailand is a country of seemingly infinite variety, containing almost every habitat variation found in tropical Asia, from dry tropical pine forests in the mountainous north, through flood plains in the central region, to wet evergreen forests in the steamy south. The coasts boast mangrove swamps and stunning coral reefs. The country also harbors some 27,000 flower species -- an estimated 10 percent of the world's total -- along with over 900 bird species. It is, in effect, a biogeographic gateway through which the ecological elements of the surronding countries have met and merged, creating a natural potpourri that is not found anywhere else.
Author: Belinda Stewart-Cox
Hardcover:
208 pages
Company: The MIT Press
(1995-12-12)
ISBN: 0262193647 List Price: $41.95 Amazon Price: $30.69 Used Price: $29.00
Author: Susan Conway
Paperback:
192 pages
Company: British Museum Pubns Ltd
(1992-08)
ISBN: 0714125067 List Price: $42.95 Amazon Price: $15.95 Used Price: $11.95
Trade and Development in a Globalized World examines how the unfair trade regulations of advanced countries affect developing societies. In an effort to determine how developing states attempt to cope with the problems created by unfair trade rules, Rothgeb and Chinapandhu conducted a case study of the ThaiDU.S. trade relationship and share their discoveries in this valuable book.
Author: Jr. And Benjamas Chinapandhu John M. Rothgeb
Hardcover:
132 pages
Company: Lexington Books
(2006-11-28)
ISBN: 073911655X List Price: $55.00 Amazon Price: $44.38 Used Price: $33.75
"The impressive advances of information and communication technologies (ICT) in some Asian countries have led some people to proclaim a fundamental change in the world economy. It is essential still to study the experience of developing countries thoroughly and critically. The authors and editors have made an admirable contribution to make such an evaluation and fill a big gap in our knowledge. But it is still relatively difficult to find reliable information about the changes taking place in China or any other developing country. One of the many good features of this evaluation is that it takes into account the specific relationship of ICT with the wider social and economic system and the national system of innovation of each country." Christopher Freeman, Emeritus Professor and Founding Director of the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. "Running across the informative chapters on the diverse experience of several important countries with ICT is a unifying theory of what it takes for successful economic development in today's globalized economy. While drawing on the high-tech products offered by advanced industrial nations, and selectively taking in foreign investments, developing nations need to build their own capabilities for innovation. This is a difficult balancing act, and one that requires significant indigenous investments in human capital and in R and D, and sophistication and strength on the part of the relevant government officials. The case studies show different countries wrestling with the problem, some doing better and some worse. This is a fascinating and important book." Richard R. Nelson, George Blumenthal Professor (Emeritus) of International and Public Affairs, Business, and Law, Columbia University, New York, USA. "This book is important because it gives insight into the role of ICT and ICT policy in the most important emerging economies in the world." Bent Åke Lundvall, Professor of Economics, Aalborg, University, Denmark.
Author: Lucien M. Hanks
Paperback:
196 pages
Company: University of Hawaii Press
(1992-09)
ISBN: 0824814657 List Price: $20.00 Amazon Price: $16.25 Used Price: $0.84
The book covers the various aspects of the use of pesticides, their behavior, degradation, and impacts in wetland ricefields, and presents the results of surveys conducted in the Philippines and Thailand. It includes both bibliographic reviews and selected aspects of the experimental results of a research project on pesticide impacts in wetland ricefields. The first phase of the `Pesticide Impact' project was developed in the Philippines from 1989 to 1991. It was a multidisciplinary/collaborative approach involving scientists from IRRI, NRI (England), ORSTOM (France), UPLB (Philippines) who studied the effects of pesticides on the environment and on farmers' health, and the economical aspects of their use.
Hardcover:
688 pages
Company: Springer
(1995-09-30)
ISBN: 0792395212 List Price: $299.00 Amazon Price: $274.00 Used Price: $332.90
Author: Karl Doehring, Karl Dohring, Walter E. J. Tips
Paperback:
167 pages
Company: White Lotus Co Ltd
(2000-04-28)
ISBN: 9747534398 List Price: $17.95 Amazon Price:
Twenty years after the last summary publication on the region, this volume presents the most complete modern summary of the latest surveys and research on all the birds now found in the Thai-Malay Peninsula. Over 380 species are described using data derived from field and museum research, as well as previously unpublished or poorly distributed data from local compilers, diaries, and personal records. More than 70 spectacular full-page color plates show almost all of the species covered. This volume also includes a fully referenced bibliography of over 800 sources. An extensive introduction covers aspects of history, biogeography, and ecology of the region's birds, plus main conservation issues.
Key Features:
Over 380 species are described in modern handbook format using data derived from field and museum research
The only detailed handbook of the birds of the region; supplies a benchmark synopsis (first in 20 years) of the bird fauna and ornithological research in the Peninsula, much of it published for the first time.
Over 70 color plates
Many species illustrated for the first time
Serves as an introductory text which describes the region and its conservation crisis
Author: David R. Wells, David Wells
Hardcover:
648 pages
Company: Princeton University Press
(1999-06-15)
ISBN: 0127429611 List Price: $95.00 Amazon Price: $76.00 Used Price: $81.09
Based on intensive ethnographic fieldwork in Thailand, Textures of Struggle focuses on the experiences of Thai women who are employed at textile factories and examines how the all-encompassing nature of wage work speaks to issues of worker accommodation and resistance within various factory settings. Why are some women less tolerant of their working conditions than others? How is it that women who have similar levels of education, come from the same socioeconomic background, and enter the same occupation, nevertheless emerge with different experiences and reactions to their wage employment?
Women in the Thai apparel industry, Piya Pangsapa finds, have very different experiences of labor "militancy" and "non-militancy." Through interviews with women at two kinds of factories--one linked to the global economy through local capital investment and another through transnational capital--Pangsapa examines issues of worker consciousness with a focus on the process by which women become activists.
She explores the different degrees of control and coercion employed by factory managers and shows how women were able to overcome conditions of adversity by relying on the close personal ties they developed with each other. Textures of Struggle reveals what it is like for women to feel powerlessness and passivity in Thai sweatshops but also shows how they are equally able to resist and rebel.
Ever since the collapse of the Thai bath, the event that sparked the East Asian financial crisis in 1997, foreign investors have been concerned about a lack of transparency in Thai business and politics and have repeatedly called for fundamental reforms. It was against this background that the Thai parliament passed major changes to the electoral system in 2000, just weeks before the January 2001 election. Reflecting on the twists and turns of reform in Thailand over the years, this volume provides the first in-depth scholarly analysis of the success of the recent electoral reforms. This is an important resource for those interested in Thai politics and its impact on the wider Asian political scene.
Hardcover:
320 pages
Company: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
(2002-04-02)
ISBN: 8787062941 List Price: $22.00 Amazon Price: $22.00 Used Price: $14.50
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The horror of slavery, says Kevin Bales, is "not confined to history." It is not only possible that slave labor is responsible for the shoes on your feet or your daily consumption of sugar, he writes, the products of forced labor filter even more quietly into a broad portion of daily Western life. "They made the bricks for the factory that made the TV you watch. In Brazil slaves made the charcoal that tempered the steel that made the springs in your car and the blade on your lawnmower.... Slaves keep your costs low and returns on your investments high."
This book contains essential information for anyone contemplating buying or leasing land and building a house in Thailand. It is meticulously researched and draws on expert legal and construction information from Thailand, America, Europe and Australia. Concepts, techniques and instructions are explained in simple, clear, and easy to understand language. How to Buy Land and Build a House in Thailand helps you... protect your investment by learning about foreigner ownership and lease options, land titles, contracts, taxes, permits and lawyers; save money by following useful tips about transferring money to Thailand, delivery of building supplies, deposits and special order items, temporary housing for workers; learn how to choose the best architect, builder and project manager for your needs; find out what you can afford and visualize what you want before you pay anyone anything; learn useful Thai, land and building words and phrases; avoid communication problems and enjoy your building experience; follow essential checklists of important must check items every step of the way; eliminate the guess work from building project management; build a house that is well made, structurally sound, nicely finished with no weird smells from the plumbing or unsafe electrical installations. How to Buy Land and Build a House in Thailand follows the construction of the author's 220 sq. meter house in Ko Phangan, Thailand with over 100 photographs, 2D and 3D drawings and 700 English-Thai words and phrases. This book is your ultimate resource for "buying" land and building a house in Thailand.
This practical and highly illustrated introduction to the principles and techniques of Thai massage discusses the theories of Thai medicine and its Chinese and Ayurvedic influences. It offers clear and easy-to-follow descriptions for all Thai massage techniques accompanied by full color photographs and drawings, with arrows to indicate direction of movement. Basic explanations describe how massage therapists can use elements of these techniques and apply them immediately in their own practice. The book includes a DVD with 45 minutes of video showing techniques and routines in real time, to demonstrate appropriate pacing.
Healing by Heart is a book of stories--stories of people's search for culturally responsive health care from U.S. providers. It offers resources to providers and institutions committed to delivering culturally responsive health care, paying special attention to building successful relationships with traditional Hmong patients and families. It makes available extensive information about the health-related beliefs, practices, and values of the Hmong people, including photographs of traditional healing methods. 
A detailed, profusely illustrated survey of Thai architecture with its many styles and forms.
Author: Pasuk Phongpaichit, Sungsidh Piriyarangsan
Author: Mary Beth Mills
The first overview of the tradition, including the origins and modern practice. A broad-brush history from the 3rd millennium BC to the present day, including contemporary practice of this fascinating art. The culmination of 8 years of field study and academic research on traditional Thai Medicine, this book traces a rich cultural heritage from its origins in Buddhism, animism and Ayurveda to the formation of a unique syncretic healing tradition which continues to be practiced today in both rural and urban Thailand. Thai medicine has been influenced by Vedic India, Khmer mysticism, Chinese medical theory and the indigenous beliefs in spirits and ghosts, a fascinating time capsule of practices and beliefs from many historical eras.
Author: Pasuk Phongpaichit, Sangsit Phiriyarangsan, Nualnoi Treerat
From its early beginnings as a 5th-century Lawa walled city through the recent boom in residential and commercial design, the temple-studded city of Chiang Mai has become an inspiration for architects and designers. Nestled in a mountain valley in Thailand’s far north, Chiang Mai has long been a haven for artists and artisans who have taken inspiration from Burmese, Chinese, northern Thai, Shan, Thai Lu, hill-tribe and European sources, then fused them into a uniquely Chiang Mai art and culture. This cross-fertilisation of ideas owes much to the city’s history as a vital midway point for mule caravan routes between China and the Gulf of Martaban; even with the demise of the caravan trade it has remained a major supplier of arts and crafts to the world. 
The Honda Collection is one of the finest private collections of South-East Asian ceramics ever assembled, including over 350 pieces that span some 4,000 years from the Neolithic period to the seventeenth century. This English edition of the collection catalogue includes over 300
Author: Graham Fordham
Commercial sex is the occupation of a significant portion of the women of the world, providing economic support for millions of people and their families. Working at the Bar is the first-ever, long-term, longitudinal, in-depth study of a large sex work industry--and Thailand, the most prominent nation in the rapidly growing sex tourism industry, makes for an excellent case study. While previous works have provided brief glimpses of one group of workers studied from a particular point of view, author Thomas Steinfatt examines considerations of health, behavior, economics, morality, religion, and worker safety. The result of data gathered from thousands of workers and customers in Thailand over a period of twelve years, Working at the Bar covers all aspects of an industry that, although it does not conform to various Western ideals, is nevertheless enormously significant. Among the most provocative of Steinfatt's arguments is that sex work is not itself immoral, and that far from being the exploitation industry we might imagine, sex work in Thailand is beneficial to everyone involved--especially given that education in this nation has proven not to be a viable alternative. Providing an opportunity for economic progress unavailable through other means, and providing working conditions far safer than those of the average Thai factory, sex work is ripe for a study that explores all aspects and perceptions associated with it. Working at the Bar is that long overdue study.
Bangkok is one of Asia's most interesting, varied, controversial and challenging cities. This unique book examines the development of the city from its earliest days as the seat of the Thai monarchy to its current position as the most infamous contemporary metropolis in Southeast Asia. Adopting insights from cultural history, urban studies and human geography, the book is a powerful and multi-faceted account of the real Bangkok. The author examines the city's variety from the inner-city slums to the rural-urban fringe and gives us a keen insight into the daily life of the city's inhabitants, be they middle-class suburbanites or sex workers. Engagingly written and rich in detail, this is the definitive account of the Thai capital.
Thailand holds a special place in the minds of the world's nature-lovers as a paradise of splendid tropical forests, untrammeled ocean beaches, and spectacular underwater coral grottos. Nature travellers to Thailand want to experience these stunning habitats and catch glimpses of exotic wildlife-gibbons and elephants, hornbills and storks, gliding lizards and cobras, brightly colored reef fishes and marine invertebrates. In this book is all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about Thailand's magnificent animal and plant life.
Author: Pim Koetsawang
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.
The 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
Whether you travel for business, pleasure, or a combination of the two, the ever-popular "Culture Shock!" series belongs in your backpack or briefcase. Get the nuts-and-bolts information you need to survive and thrive wherever you go. "Culture Shock!" country guides are easy-to-read, accurate, and entertaining crash courses in local customs and etiquette. "Culture Shock!" practical guides offer the inside information you need whether you're a student, a parent, a globetrotter, or a working traveler. "Culture Shock!" at your Door guides equip you for daily life in some of the world's most cosmopolitan cities. And "Culture Shock!" Success Secrets guides offer relevant, practical information with the real-life insights and cultural know-how that can make the difference between business success and failure.
This new book covers the 388th TFW; a Composite Wing based at Korat RTAFB, Thailand, consisting of fighters, Wild Weasel aircraft, airborne jamming aircraft and AWACS aircraft. The author flew 133 combat missions in Southeast Asia in 1972, and was assigned to the 469th TFS, one of the two F-4E squadrons of the 388th TFW. The book discusses in detail the Wing, the Squadrons and the aircraft they flew: the F-4. F-105G Wild Weasel, A-7D, EB-66, EC-121, and C-130. Also covered are the mission types, as well as operations of the Wing during the Linebacker Campaign over North Vietnam. Narratives of all the 388th MiG kills and aircraft losses during 1972 are included. The book contains over 170 color and black and white photographs taken by the author, as well as theatre maps. A selection of official and unofficial flight suit patches is also included. Don Logan is also the author of Rockwell B-1B: SAC's Last Bomber, and Northrop's T-38 Talon: A Pictorial History(both titles are available from Schiffer Publishing Ltd.).
Unlike its Southeast Asian neighbors, Thailand was never colonized by an imperial power. However, Siam (as Thailand was called until 1939) shared a great deal in common with both colonized states and imperial powers: its sovereignty was qualified by imperial nations while domestically its leaders pursued European colonial strategies of juridical control in the Muslim south. The creation of family law and courts in that region and in Siam proper most clearly manifests Siam's dualistic position. 
Modern architecture is a creation of the West. In a non-Western context, it normally reflects a direct intervention of Western powers through colonization. Thailand, formerly known as Siam, is an exception. Thai people have argued that they adopted and assimilated modern architecture into their unique cultural tradition without being physically colonized.
Cox, a reporter for the Boston Herald, traveled into the Shan State, the lawless region of northern Myanmar (or Burma) that produces much of the world's opium, to interview Khun Sa, the drug warlord who built himself a jungle empire on drug profits and who styled himself a Shan freedom-fighter. Khun Sa, who has since "retired" and lives in Yangon (formerly Rangoon), is a complex character. This account of bearding the devil in his lair combines thorough research, high adventure, and prose pungent with the odor of poppies blooming on remote mountainsides.
This book examines the recent rapid economic expansion in Thailand, and in Southeast Asia more generally. In a highly original argument, Unger considers the unique organization of Thai society, and the impact this has had on the country's institutions, and their political and economic outcomes. Unger takes an interdisciplinary approach, building on the literatures of social capital and embedded autonomy. The book's general, comparative discussion of social infrastructure is supplemented by case studies of specific sectors.
This book offers wide-ranging insights into the organizing capacities of workers in Asia today. Nine case studies examine workers' responses to class relations through independent unions, non-government organizations (NGOs) and more (dis)organized struggles.
Photographs by Gerald Cubitt
Author: William Warren, Jean-Michel Beurdeley
Trade and Development in a Globalized World examines how the unfair trade regulations of advanced countries affect developing societies. In an effort to determine how developing states attempt to cope with the problems created by unfair trade rules, Rothgeb and Chinapandhu conducted a case study of the ThaiDU.S. trade relationship and share their discoveries in this valuable book.
Author: Pasuk Phongpaichit, Christopher John Baker
Author: Stacy Taus-Bolstad
"The impressive advances of information and communication technologies (ICT) in some Asian countries have led some people to proclaim a fundamental change in the world economy. It is essential still to study the experience of developing countries thoroughly and critically. The authors and editors have made an admirable contribution to make such an evaluation and fill a big gap in our knowledge. But it is still relatively difficult to find reliable information about the changes taking place in China or any other developing country. One of the many good features of this evaluation is that it takes into account the specific relationship of ICT with the wider social and economic system and the national system of innovation of each country." Christopher Freeman, Emeritus Professor and Founding Director of the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. "Running across the informative chapters on the diverse experience of several important countries with ICT is a unifying theory of what it takes for successful economic development in today's globalized economy. While drawing on the high-tech products offered by advanced industrial nations, and selectively taking in foreign investments, developing nations need to build their own capabilities for innovation. This is a difficult balancing act, and one that requires significant indigenous investments in human capital and in R and D, and sophistication and strength on the part of the relevant government officials. The case studies show different countries wrestling with the problem, some doing better and some worse. This is a fascinating and important book." Richard R. Nelson, George Blumenthal Professor (Emeritus) of International and Public Affairs, Business, and Law, Columbia University, New York, USA. "This book is important because it gives insight into the role of ICT and ICT policy in the most important emerging economies in the world." Bent Åke Lundvall, Professor of Economics, Aalborg, University, Denmark.
Author: Kathy Darling
Author: Lucien M. Hanks
The book covers the various aspects of the use of pesticides, their behavior, degradation, and impacts in wetland ricefields, and presents the results of surveys conducted in the Philippines and Thailand. It includes both bibliographic reviews and selected aspects of the experimental results of a research project on pesticide impacts in wetland ricefields. The first phase of the `Pesticide Impact' project was developed in the Philippines from 1989 to 1991. It was a multidisciplinary/collaborative approach involving scientists from IRRI, NRI (England), ORSTOM (France), UPLB (Philippines) who studied the effects of pesticides on the environment and on farmers' health, and the economical aspects of their use. 
Author: Karl Doehring, Karl Dohring, Walter E. J. Tips
Based on intensive ethnographic fieldwork in Thailand, Textures of Struggle focuses on the experiences of Thai women who are employed at textile factories and examines how the all-encompassing nature of wage work speaks to issues of worker accommodation and resistance within various factory settings. Why are some women less tolerant of their working conditions than others? How is it that women who have similar levels of education, come from the same socioeconomic background, and enter the same occupation, nevertheless emerge with different experiences and reactions to their wage employment?