
Author/Contributor(s): | Sharp, Lauriston ; Hanks, Lucien M |
Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
Date: | 08/15/2018 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Condition: | NEW |
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.