Bang Chan
Social History of a Rural Community in Thailand| By: | Lauriston Sharp; Lucien M. Hanks |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Print ISBN: | 9780801408588 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781501721403 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 1978 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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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.