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Gambling, the state and society in Thailand, c. 1800-1945 /
"Charts the development of gambling in Thailand and relates it to the development of Thai state and society, showing how gambling was a fundamental issue hugely affecting political developments. It considers the difference between law and how law is enforced, outlining how the Thai elite, thoug...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2013.
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| Collection: | Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia (2005) ;
82. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Gambling and socio-economic change in nineteenth-century Siam
- Games, dens and players : gambling in nineteenth-century Thai society
- Gambling revenue and the creation of the modern Thai nation-state
- The Thai elite, anti-gambling and lawmaking
- The police and enforcement
- The judiciary, punishment and the prison
- The press and the Bangkok middle class
- Buddhism, the sangha and the silent majority
- The criminalization of vice : gambling policy in comparative perspective.