Thailand : economy and politics / Pasuk Phongpaichit and Chris Baker
Imprint
Kuala Lumpur : Oxford University Press, 2000
Descript
xvii, 449 p. : maps ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Rice frontier -- Uplands frontier -- Traders, tax farmers, and kings -- Rice barons, bankers, and generals -- Exporters, industrialists, and technocrats -- Urban labour -- Absolutist state -- Revolution and dictatorship -- Revolt and repression -- Military and democracy -- Towards civil society -- Conclusion