Bang Chan : Social History of a Rural Community in Thailand

Bang Chan Social History of a Rural Community in Thailand

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 finding...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Sharp, Lauriston, author (author), Hanks, Lucien M., author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press 2018
[2018]
Colección:Cornell Studies in Anthropology
Materias:
Ethnology > Thailand.
Villages > Thailand.
Bang Chan (Thailand) > Social conditions.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009433086106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • CHAPTER 1. Departure
  • CHAPTER 2. The Dispensable Ones
  • CHAPTER 3. Newcomers
  • CHAPTER 4. Migration
  • CHAPTER 5. The New Life
  • CHAPTER 6. Patrons and Their Work
  • CHAPTER 7. Years of Austerity
  • CHAPTER 8. Transformation Scene
  • CHAPTER 9. Five Perspectives
  • Appendix A. Schooling of Bang Chan population by age and sex, 1953
  • APPENDIX B. Bang Chan school enrollment, fourth-grade enrollment, number graduating from fourth grade , and number entering middle school, 1937-1 960
  • APPENDIX C. Responses of 363 fourth-grade rural and urban schoolchildren aged 11-14 in 1954 to question: "When you are 25 years old, what kind of work would you like to be doing?"
  • APPENDIX D. Religious affiliation and experience of Bang Chan males, by age group, 1949
  • APPENDIX E. Price range of padi, land. and land rent in Bang Chan , 1880-1953 (in baht)
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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