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The Sergeant's Garland and Other Stories
This selection includes works by well-known contemporary writers such as Chart Korbjitti, Atsiri Thammachot, Sila Khomchai, and Sidaoru'ang as well as some well-known stories from the 1960s and 1970s. Each of the writers uses the short story form to comment on some aspect of Thai society, at times humorously, at times ironically, and at times angrily.
Thai Literary Traditions
Fourteen papers on Thai literature presented at Fifth International Conference on Thai Studies held at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, July 1993.
Counting the Costs
Written by an international panel of specialists on Thailand who share a common concern for the environment, this volume examines the causes and consequences of environment change both in the countryside and the urban areas of the Kingdom. The papers, however, in no sense reflect a common view; the authors embrace contrasting environmental ideologies in discussing a wide range of concerns. These include the role of Buddhism and tourism in promoting sustainable development, environmental systems of thought and action, the practicalities of water pollution control in Bangkok and the Gulf of Thailand, and the changing bases of life and livelihood among the hill peoples of the North. The environment as an issue of concern is now important phase of assimilation, interpretation, prescription and action. The papers in this volume reflect this change.
Becoming Urban
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The Political Development of Modern Thailand
Based on extensive, empirical research, The Political Development of Modern Thailand analyses the country's political history from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Long known for political instability, Thailand was thrust into a deep state of crisis by a royalist military coup staged in 2006. Since then, conservative royalists have overthrown more elected governments after violent street protests, while equally disruptive demonstrations staged by supporters of electoral democracy were crushed by military force. Federico Ferrara traces the roots of the crisis to unresolved struggles regarding the content of Thailand's national identity, dating back to the abolition of absolute monarchy in 1932. He explains the conflict's re-intensification with reference to a growing chasm between the hierarchical worldview of Thailand's hegemonic 'royal nationalism' and the aspirations that millions of ordinary people have come to harbour as a result of modernisation.
