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Siege of the spirits : community and polity in Bangkok /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Herzfeld, Michael, 1947- (Author)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Pō̜m Mahākān (Bangkok, Thailand)
Historic districts > Thailand > Bangkok.
Urban beautification > Thailand > Bangkok.
City planning > Thailand > Bangkok.
Urban renewal > Thailand > Bangkok > Citizen participation.
City dwellers > Civil rights > Thailand > Bangkok.
Eviction > Thailand > Bangkok.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Claiming culture
  • Community, city, and polity
  • The state and the city
  • Law, courtesy, and the tactics of temporality
  • Currents and countercurrents
  • Time, sound, and rhythm
  • The polity in miniature
  • Building the future of the past.