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- catalog abstract ""Bangkok is one of Asia's most interesting, varied, controversial and challenging cities. It is a city of contradictions, both in its present and its past. This book examines the development of the city from its earliest days as the seat of the Thai monarchy to its current position as an infamous contemporary metropolis." "Bangkok: Place, Practice and Representation is an in-depth study of the institutions and the people who shape the Thai metropolis. Adopting insights from anthropology, urban studies and human geography, the book is a powerful account of the city and its dynamic spaces. Marc Askew 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 women sex workers." "Accessibly written and rich in detail, maps and photographs, this is the definitive account of the Thai capital. It should be essential reading for anyone with an interest in urban studies, anthropology or Asian studies, as well as the general reader wanting to learn more about this complex city."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12567228.
- catalog coverage "Bangkok (Thailand) Social conditions.".
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""Accessibly written and rich in detail, maps and photographs, this is the definitive account of the Thai capital. It should be essential reading for anyone with an interest in urban studies, anthropology or Asian studies, as well as the general reader wanting to learn more about this complex city."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""Bangkok is one of Asia's most interesting, varied, controversial and challenging cities. It is a city of contradictions, both in its present and its past. This book examines the development of the city from its earliest days as the seat of the Thai monarchy to its current position as an infamous contemporary metropolis."".
- catalog description ""Bangkok: Place, Practice and Representation is an in-depth study of the institutions and the people who shape the Thai metropolis. Adopting insights from anthropology, urban studies and human geography, the book is a powerful account of the city and its dynamic spaces. Marc Askew 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 women sex workers."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-347) and index.".
- catalog description "Note on transliteration and Thai names -- Introduction: interpreting Bangkok: place, practice and representation -- pt. I. Krung to global city: the dynamics of transformation. 1. Cosmology, accumulation and the state: the urbanism of early Bangkok. 2. The transformation of Krung Thep. 3. The 1990s -- a global city in a global age -- pt. II. Making Bangkok: studies in place, practice and representation. 4. Banglamphu: change and persistence in the yan. 5. Genealogy of the slum: pragmatism, politics and locality. 6. A place in the suburbs: making a neighbourhood in the middle-class housing estate. 7. Fields of cultural capital: land, livelihood and landscape transformation on the rural-urban fringe. 8. Condo land: global forms and local ecologies.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 358 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0415188539 (hbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0415188547 (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Asia's transformations".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog spatial "Bangkok (Thailand) Social conditions.".
- catalog spatial "Thailand Bangkok.".
- catalog subject "307.76/09593 21".
- catalog subject "Cities and towns Thailand Bangkok.".
- catalog subject "HT147.T5 A835 2002".
- catalog subject "Urbanization Thailand Bangkok.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Note on transliteration and Thai names -- Introduction: interpreting Bangkok: place, practice and representation -- pt. I. Krung to global city: the dynamics of transformation. 1. Cosmology, accumulation and the state: the urbanism of early Bangkok. 2. The transformation of Krung Thep. 3. The 1990s -- a global city in a global age -- pt. II. Making Bangkok: studies in place, practice and representation. 4. Banglamphu: change and persistence in the yan. 5. Genealogy of the slum: pragmatism, politics and locality. 6. A place in the suburbs: making a neighbourhood in the middle-class housing estate. 7. Fields of cultural capital: land, livelihood and landscape transformation on the rural-urban fringe. 8. Condo land: global forms and local ecologies.".
- catalog title "Bangkok : place, practice and representation / Marc Askew.".
- catalog type "text".