From peasant to pedicab driver : a social study of northeastern Thai farmers who periodically migrated to Bangkok and became pedicab drivers / R.B. Textor
Imprint
New Haven : Yale University, Sautheast Asia Studies, 1961
Descript
vii, 83 p. : ill, map
SUMMARY
Studies the lower labour class especially the one that are peasants migrating from the rural areas in Thailand to Bangkok and becoming Samlor driver (pedicab drivers). Investigates the original hometowns of the pedicab drivers and the motives behind their migration. Explores the drivers' quality of life, social activities and interpersonal relations within the drivers' circle, health behaviors, recreation, and political participation.
SUBJECT
Pedicab drivers
Peasants -- Thailand
Rural-urban migration -- Thailand
Social surveys -- Thailand
Sociology
Rural
LOCATION
CALL#
STATUS
Thailand and ASEAN Information Center (6th Floor) : Thailand Collection
[TH] 301.35 T355F
LIB USE ONLY
Thailand and ASEAN Information Center (6th Floor) : Rarebook Collection