Bangkok

Place, Practice and Representation

By: Marc Askew

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Hardcover | 27 June 2002 | Edition Number 1

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378 Pages

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22.9 x 15.2 x 2.54

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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 unique 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 each of the city's many facets. 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 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 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.

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"Askew's study of Bangkok provides the most comprehensive attempt to chart the complex realities of Bangkok, carefully interweaving the history of the city with contemporary developments. It is perhaps more important in its efforts to correct previous overly economic and technological interpretations of Bangkok by using case studies of the lives of the city's people. It will become an indispensible aid to those readers who are wanting to dig beneath the tourist book images of the city. - Terry McGee, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia, Canada -

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